Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)

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The Egyptian Army of the Khedivate of Egypt was the 19th-century modernized military force of the semi-autonomous Ottoman-ruled Egyptian state, central to its regional power, internal control, and participation in conflicts such as the Ottoman and Sudanese campaigns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military organization
appliesToJurisdiction Khedivate of Egypt
commandedBy Khedive Abbas II of Egypt
surface form: Khedive Abbas II Hilmi

Khedive Ismail Pasha
Tewfik Pasha
surface form: Khedive Tewfik Pasha
country Khedivate of Egypt
dissolved 1914
employs Circassian officers
Egyptian fellahin conscripts
European military advisers
Sudanese soldiers
Turkish-speaking officers
follows Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Egyptian Army (Muhammad Ali dynasty)
hasCharacteristic conscription-based
increasing British control after 1882
modernized on European lines
multi-ethnic composition
officer corps influenced by European training
hasRole border defense
imperial expeditionary force
instrument of khedival authority
internal security force
support to Ottoman military operations
headquartersLocation Cairo
inception 1867
inConflict Balkan and Ottoman imperial operations (as auxiliary forces)
Mahdist War
Ottoman–Wahhabi War
surface form: Ottoman campaigns in Arabia

Sudanese campaigns
Urabi Revolt
influencedBy British military doctrine
French military doctrine
Armed forces of the Ottoman Empire
surface form: Ottoman military system
locatedIn Cairo
Egypt
militaryBranch land forces
operatedIn Arabian Peninsula
Eastern Mediterranean
Levant region
surface form: Levant

Sudan
partOf Egyptian Armed Forces
surface form: Armed forces of the Khedivate of Egypt

Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Egyptian armed forces (Ottoman vassal state)
precededBy Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Egyptian Army (Muhammad Ali’s early reforms)
reorganizedAs Royal Egyptian Army
surface form: Egyptian Army (Sultanate of Egypt)

British Egyptian Expeditionary Force
surface form: Egyptian Expeditionary Force (under British control)
subordinateTo Khedive
surface form: Khedive of Egypt

Ottoman sultan
surface form: Ottoman Sultan (de jure)
usedBy Khedive Abbas II of Egypt
surface form: Khedive Abbas II Hilmi

Khedive Ismail Pasha
Tewfik Pasha
surface form: Khedive Tewfik Pasha

Ottoman Empire
usedInWar Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan
surface form: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan campaigns

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Royal Egyptian Army precededBy Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
Sudan Defence Force precededBy Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
this entity surface form: Egyptian Army units in Sudan
Mahdist War opposingForce Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
this entity surface form: Egyptian Army
Battle of Omdurman hasParticipant Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt)
this entity surface form: Egyptian Army
Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) follows Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Egyptian Army (Muhammad Ali dynasty)
Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) precededBy Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Egyptian Army (Muhammad Ali’s early reforms)
Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) partOf Egyptian Army (Khedivate of Egypt) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Egyptian armed forces (Ottoman vassal state)