Immediately after the departure of the French army from Egypt Husrev Pasha, the new Ottoman Vali (whom we have already seen in the previous chapter and who would later become Mehmed Ali's life-long nemesis) set out to train some of the mamluk soldiers along French lines after enlisting in his service all those French officers who stayed behind when their army left Egypt. Husrev also formed a Sudanese regiment and trained it in the French style after tailoring for them "tight" French uniforms. These he formed into a private escort guard for himself, and he appointed an officer to "teach them the positions of the French."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 423