The reformation of Muhammad Ali In Egypt
The era of Muhammad Ali Pasha in Egypt is the start of the age of renaissance in Egypt because he did reforms in every sector by hiring experts from Europe ,sending missions ,and purchasing equipment for the industry . The research question is what are the negative aspects of Muhammad Ali reforms in Egypt . The purpose of this paper is to assess Muhammed Ali's Major reforms in Egypt. This paper will argue that Muhammad Ali's reforms in Egypt was beneficial and profitable for the economy but it has negative aspects on human because in the agrarian reforms such as the cultivation of crops and digging new canals depended on corvee labor , also the industrial reforms affects the workers in factories
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Some argued that every reformation he did was to serve the military in order to establish his own empire and gain independence from the ottoman empire. One of these important reforms were the reforms he did in the agriculture. Muhammad Ali started reforming agriculture in Egypt by digging new canals and barriers such as Al-Mahmudyyia , changing the system of irrigation in the Delta from temporarily to permanent irrigation because the agriculture in Egypt was depending on the flood of the Nile before that , and cultivating new crops such as , olive and long –staple cotton that was the most important crop in Egypt for the trade and cultivating the cotton was produced in 1818 and it was very successful. While these projects were great and bring the prosperity for the Egyptian economy , it was on the expense of the peasants because they were forced to work in these projects under the name of corvee labor. Corvee labor means forcing the people to work in the projects with little wage and some times with no wage . Harrison (1995) argued that the prosperity of the Egypt during the reign of Muhammad Ali was build upon social ills ,as tens of thousands of Egyptian peasants were used to carry out the new projects with little or no compensation and very high taxation . Although Muhammad Ali abolished the system of Al-Altizam and eliminate the power of the Multazmin the new bureaucracy imposed high taxes on the peasants without considering their living conditions (Fahmy,1993). Muhammad Ali also was emphasizing on forcing the peasants to work as he said "I say the boy does not willingly go to school but is forced by his parents until he grows older and knows the value of learning, so driving all men to dykes and canals is difficult
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In 1805 a leader appointed by the indirect colonizers Muhammad Ali Pasha was given the position of Khedive representative of the ottom suttan, as ruler Muhammad desired to bring his country into the industrial age as Europe was. He was called the “Father of Modern Egypt” He brought in military experts from France to strengthen his military to European standards. He got investors to support the building of factories for textiles, such as cotton and silk productions. He drafted workers to factories for sugar, indigo dye, glass and iron. Not only did he value industrialization but also his people’s education was of great importance, he hired European scholars to teach at medical and engineering schools. He also set up a student exchange program for young Egyptians to study in European to study in European schools. Muhammad’s leadership fallowed more in the footsteps of British politics even though he reported to an Ottoman Empire leader. His focus on his country made him a strong and efficient leader, achieving so much for his country just in his lifetime. Muhammad Ali Pasha shed light on positive attribute that colonization brought to Egypt.
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Egypt developed a railway from Cairo to Alexandria as well as ports along the Mediterranean coast because of its dependence upon the European market. The structure of Egyptian politics and state administration was also redefined during Ali’s rule. As the government centralized, it required individuals specialized in Western forms of education to fill its roles of leadership.... ... middle of paper ... ...
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