While the Pasha was still in Manfalūṭ news arrived of an impressive victory that his new troops had won against the Wahhabi rebels in ‘Asir: a contingent of only 2,500 Egyptian infantry soldiers had succeeded in defeating a Wahabbi force ten times its size. It had become obvious that no matter how semi-trained these troops might have been, even the ferocious Wahhabis were no match for them.

Builds on: "Egyptian governors' propaganda tours augmented the army's deterrence value."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 459