- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Author's Acknowledgments for the English Edition
- Foreword to the English Edition
- Foreword
- Translator's Note
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Abbreviations Used in This Book
- 1 The Numbers of Turks in Egypt and Their Status within Egyptian Society
- 2 The Turkish Language and Ottoman Culture at the Palace and among the Aristocracy
- 3 Turks in the Egyptian Administration and the Turkish Language as a Language of Administration
- 4 Turks and the Turkish Language in the Egyptian Army
- 5 The Teaching of the Turkish Language and Ottoman Culture in Egyptian Schools
- 6 The Teaching of Persian Language and Literature in Egypt
- 7 The Place of Turkish in Egypt's Translation Program
- 8 An Overview of Turkish Books Printed in Egypt<sup>1</sup>
- 9 The Turkish Press in Egypt
- 10 Books Translated from Turkish into Arabic and Printed in Egypt
- 11 The Beginning of Printing in Egypt
- 12 The Bulaq Press and the Turkish Books Printed There
- 13 Presses Other Than the Bulaq Press Printing Turkish Books in Egypt
- General Bibliography
- General Index
Turks and the Turkish Language in the Egyptian Army
Turks and the Turkish Language in the Egyptian Army
- Chapter:
- (p.99) 4 Turks and the Turkish Language in the Egyptian Army
- Source:
- The Turks in Egypt and their Cultural Legacy
- Author(s):
Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
While the upper officers in Muhammad Ali’s army spoke Turkish, the majority of the Egyptian soldiers spoke only Arabic. Schools were founded to train Egyptian officers, using textbooks translated into Turkish from European languages, as Muhammad Ali based his military reforms on European models. Turkish military vocabulary was introduced into Egyptian Arabic.
Keywords: military, Turkish language, publishing
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Author's Acknowledgments for the English Edition
- Foreword to the English Edition
- Foreword
- Translator's Note
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Abbreviations Used in This Book
- 1 The Numbers of Turks in Egypt and Their Status within Egyptian Society
- 2 The Turkish Language and Ottoman Culture at the Palace and among the Aristocracy
- 3 Turks in the Egyptian Administration and the Turkish Language as a Language of Administration
- 4 Turks and the Turkish Language in the Egyptian Army
- 5 The Teaching of the Turkish Language and Ottoman Culture in Egyptian Schools
- 6 The Teaching of Persian Language and Literature in Egypt
- 7 The Place of Turkish in Egypt's Translation Program
- 8 An Overview of Turkish Books Printed in Egypt<sup>1</sup>
- 9 The Turkish Press in Egypt
- 10 Books Translated from Turkish into Arabic and Printed in Egypt
- 11 The Beginning of Printing in Egypt
- 12 The Bulaq Press and the Turkish Books Printed There
- 13 Presses Other Than the Bulaq Press Printing Turkish Books in Egypt
- General Bibliography
- General Index
