The wars that the Pasha fought, and in particular those that were waged against the Ottoman Sultan, could not therefore be viewed as wars of national independence, aimed at liberating the Egyptians from the "Turkish yoke," nor could they be compared to those that the Greeks fought against the Sultan. Not only would the thousands of fellahin who made up the bulk of his fighting force have found this claim difficult to believe, but also the Pasha himself could think of these wars only along dynastic lines.

XREF: Builds directly on the earlier claims about ambivalence toward the sultan reflecting strategic rebellion (loc 104) and Mehmed Ali's inability to conceive of himself as rebelling (loc 261). Builds on: "Mehmed Ali could not conceive of himself as rebelling against the sultan."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 1537