On a number of other occasions we see the Pasha using the army to impress the spectator, whether a foreign visitor or the local population of a conquered country. When in 1827, for example, the Pasha was visited by Süleyman Pasha, the vali of Crete, orders were issued to the Director of the War Department to chose 200 of the best officers, have them wear their “ceremonial uniforms” (kisvet-i divaniye) and stage a small parade for the visitor to watch. Shortly after the fall of Acre in May 1832, the fortress was visited by an English officer who had recently arrived from Egypt. To impress him, orders were issued to all officers and soldiers in the castle to put on their new uniforms and “to be in the most perfect order.”

XREF: Builds on the earlier claim that Pasha reception rituals staged power through deliberate shadow and spectacle (loc 59). Builds on: "Pasha reception rituals staged power through deliberate shadow and spectacle."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 912