Having made up his mind to rely on the peasants of Egypt, conscription waves spread throughout the country and less than a year later 30,000 troops were already being trained in a new camp that was established in Banī 'Adī near Manfalūṭ in Middle Egypt.

XREF: Builds on earlier claims about peasant resistance (loc 92) and conscription threatening agricultural labor (loc 454). Pays off: "Egyptians fiercely resisted forced military service under the Pasha."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 456