Egyptian Soldiers in Ottoman Campaigns from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries.

Despite being annexed by the Ottoman Empire in 1517, Egypt’s military maintained many Mamluk traditions. These continued, though there were some changes, into the early nineteenth century. This article will examine how the Ottoman authorities dealt with the existing special status and how complementary issues of corruption were handled. How effective was Egypt’s contribution to the Ottoman Army? Campaigns from the first half of the eighteenth century provide illustrative examples. Source material for this article comes from the Ottoman Archives and period chronicles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]