GENERAL JOHN BAPTISTE KLEBER (1753-1800) & MOURAD BEY (1750-1801)

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GENERAL JOHN BAPTISTE KLEBER (1753-1800) & MOURAD BEY (1750-1801)
A collection of manuscript copies of letters, notes and documents, approximately 20 pages in all, concerning the agreement between Kleber and Mourad Bey, including a treaty drawn up by the French for Morad Bey's approval, dated [18th July 1799], referring to various boundaries and villages; translations of three letters from Mourad Bey to Kleber, dated the 17th, 22nd and 23rd of the month of Hegget, reporting his efforts to bring Dervish Pasha and others to peace and requesting safe conducts, together with copies of Kleber's replies entered below; Articles of Convention agreed by Kleber, from Cairo [5th April 1800], recognising Mourad Bey as Governor of Upper Egypt; and a note recording a meeting with Mourad Bey at which he expresses regret at the assassination of General Kleber. (8)

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Kleber assumed command of the French Army in Egypt on Bonaparte's departure for Paris in August 1799. Mourad Bey, together with Ibrahim Bey, had been in control of Alexandria on the arrival of the French forces there in 1798. After the Battle of the Pyramids he fled South but, angered by his cool reception by representatives of the Porte, in 1800 allied himself with Kleber, who appointed him Governor of Upper Egypt. He proved most loyal to France. Kleber was assassinated by a Turkish fanatic in June 1800.

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