title: The Armies of Egypt and Tunisia in the Crimean War
abstract: The vassal North African states of the Ottoman Empire (Egypt and Tunisia) were expected to contribute forces to the Sultan in times of emergency. Thus Egypt sent six infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment with 12 batteries of artillery in August 1853 to Istanbul. Tunisia sent four regiments of infantry with two batteries of artillery in July 1854. Thanks to the efforts of European instructors and the presence of the veterans of the campaigns of the 1820–1830s, mobilized by force the Egyptia