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IOR/L/PS/9/76/42
- Record Id:
- 041-003710950
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544463
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109378670.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125775606.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/9/76/42
- Title:
- Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
- Scope & Content:
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A copy of the proclamation written by General Napoleon Bonaparte after capturing Alexandria, dated 13 Messidor of Year VI of the French Revolution/Muharram 1213 (1 July 1798).
The proclamation declares the end of the rule of the Mamelukes in Egypt and criticises the Mameluke rulers. It denies that Bonaparte came to Egypt to destroy Islam and claims that he came to ‘free’ Egyptians from ‘tyrants’, proclaiming respect for God, the Prophet Muhammad, and the Qur’an and describing the French as ‘pure Mahomedans’. It also exhorts Egyptians to support the French forces and not to support the Mamelukes against them.
The proclamation is followed by six articles making demands on the Egyptian population:
- That a representative from each town within three leagues of the French camp come to make submission, stating that any town that refuses to make submission will be destroyed
- That any town making submission must fly the French tricolour and the flag of the Great Lord [Sulṭān of the Ottoman Empire]
- That Egyptians are to go about their business as ordinary, pray for the continued greatness of the Sultan and the French army, and curse the Mamelukes
- That local chiefs are to put a seal on the houses and property of the Mamelukes.
This copy was enclosed in the letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Baghdad, to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, dated 31 October 1798 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/43 and 44).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544463
037-000544535
040-003710908
041-003710950 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/9 : Correspondence relating to areas outside India
IOR/L/PS/9/67-78 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from Persia, Iraq, Syria, etc.
IOR/L/PS/9/76 : Letters from Iraq 1781-1805
IOR/L/PS/9/76/42 : Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0009]/036-000544463[0005]/037-000544535[0010]/040-003710908[0042]/041-003710950
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (2 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109378670.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- French
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1798
- End Date:
- 1798
- Date Range:
- 1 Jul 1798
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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