In representing the minor skirmish that took place between the vanguards of the Egyptian and Turkish armies two days before the battle of Konia, for example, Kani Bey, assistant to Osman Nureddin, the Chief of Staff, followed the same simplistic procedure: the Egyptian units were drawn in nice and neat squares, red rectangles for the infantry, and yellow ones for the cavalry. The Turkish troops were represented by rectangles that were scattered with no order all over the map.

XREF: Builds directly on loc 902's claim about battle pieces recasting chaotic combat as orderly planned execution — this map example is one specific instance of that general pattern. Pays off: "Battle pieces recast chaotic combat as orderly planned execution."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 903