After the fall of Acre, the soldiers pillaged the whole city and sold their booty in the local market. Their activities could not be controlled and Munib Efendi had to write in his report that “their officers are either unable to control them or are turning a blind eye to what is happening. This is certainly against the regulations and might turn the locals against us.” When Ibrahim Pasha was informed about how unruly the city had become, and that “the soldiers are behaving like senior officers,” he wrote a stern letter to the colonel in charge of the city warning him of the consequences if he did not restore discipline.

SEED: The contrast between military triumph and subsequent uncontrollable looting offers a vivid narrative angle on how conquests breed occupation fragility. Builds on: "Egyptian military law lacked provisions governing sodomy in 1824."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 1173