Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Enclosure in Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas of 31 Oct 1798
- Creator:
- Author: Napoleon I
- Date:
- 1798/1798
- Description:
- Abstract: 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 destroyedThat 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 MamelukesThat 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).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
- Language:
- French
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- French Campaign in Egypt and the Levant (1798-1801)
Proclamations
Military occupation
French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1800) - Geographic region:
- Egypt
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109378670.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109378670.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/9/76/42
IOR/L/PS/9/76/42