It was through the processes reviewed so far that it proved possible to impose order on the new recruits and to turn the peasants into disciplined soldiers. Passing laws with a strict punishment regime was not sufficient for the soldiers to internalize the different army regulations that they were asked to obey. For this to succeed these soldiers had to be interned and isolated from outside influences. Then they had to be "fixed" in their positions through such devices as the timetable and the weekly schedule.

Builds on: "Egyptian military law lacked provisions governing sodomy in 1824."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 726