[1][4] Al-Mu'ayyad was considered to be an anti-imperialist and pan-Islamic publication and received covert funding from Khedive Abbas Hilmi.
[5][6] It frequently published articles praising the Khedive emphasizing his closeness to his subjects.
[7] The paper was one of the Egyptian publications which advocated Jamal al-Din al-Afghani's ijtihad view.
[9] There was a heated debate between Al-Mu'ayyad and Al Muqattam during the British occupation of Egypt between 1892 and 1914 in that the latter was an ardent supporter of the British and Al-Mu'ayyad a militant supporter of the independence of Egypt.
[10] Following this incident Mustafa Kamil Pasha established his own newspaper, Al Liwa, to publish his views.