In July 1823 he wrote to Ibrahim Pasha telling him to form a regiment out of the newly formed battalions and to dispatch it immediately to Arabia even if the soldiers had not yet finished their proper courses of training. … While the Pasha was still in Manfalūṭ news arrived of an impressive victory that his new troops had won against the Wahhabi rebels in 'Asir: a contingent of only 2,500 Egyptian infantry soldiers had succeeded in defeating a Wahabbi force ten times its size.

XREF: Connects to earlier claims about the new nizami army's effectiveness (loc 182: Egypt's new army proved its worth defeating Greek rebels in Morea). QUESTION: What made 2,500 untrained conscripts capable of defeating 25,000 Wahhabis? The equipment, discipline, or the enemy's condition? Pays off: "Ottoman sultan resisted Egypt's Syrian expansion with armed threats."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 410