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Ottoman Egypt in the Age of the French Revolution, Paperback / softback Book

Ottoman Egypt in the Age of the French Revolution Paperback / softback

Part of the Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs (HUP) series

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Huseyn Efendi, a scribe in the Treasury of Ottoman Egypt who put his service at the disposal of Napoleon Bonaparte during the French expedition to Egypt (1798?1801), wrote his account of Ottoman Egypt in the form of answers to questions posed by the French administrative and financial experts.

Stanford Shaw's translation is supplemented by an introduction describing the French expedition, and by detailed notes based on material found in the Ottoman archives of Istanbul and Cairo.

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