In contrast to Qānūn al-Filāḥa the various military codes passed to regulate different aspects of life in the army attempted to draw a closer link between crime and punishment. To ensure blind obedience to its regulations, Mehmed Ali's army could not rely on the blurred definition of crime or the haphazard application of punishment that characterized a number of laws passed to regulate aspects of civilian life. A number of laws, therefore, were passed each dealing with a specific aspect of military life and each giving detailed definitions of various offenses and the exact corresponding punishments.

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

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 699