EGYPT - Prince Ahmed BEY de SOLYMAN (Kachif-Governor of Soly - Lot 391

EGYPT - Prince Ahmed BEY de SOLYMAN (Kachif-Governor of Solyman, province of the two Elouats in Upper Egypt, when Bonaparte conquered Egypt, Ahmed did not accept the capitulation demanded by Klébert and, with other Beys, joined the Turks who promised to restore them; when the French left, the Turks betrayed their promise and executed many Beys, Ahmed managed to flee; in 1806, while in Marseille, he had the opportunity to meet Napoleon, who remembered him for having seen him fight valiantly and offered him service in his Mameluke Corps, which Ahmed declined - See online on the BNF website, the booklet "Notice sur Ahmed Bey de Solyman réfugié en France") / Letter signed in his own hand in Arabic characters, 1 p in-4, Paris, February 29, 1816, in which he implores help.