Napoleon in Egypt : Al-Jabartī's chronicle of the French occupation, 1798 /
This book is an Arab view of a turning point in modern history. Napoleon's conquest of Egypt in 1798 was the first contact between a Western power with imperial goals and an ancien regime of an African society. Sheik Al-Jabarti's chronicle is a unique combination of historical narration an...
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| Language: | English Arabic |
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Princeton, NJ :
Markus Wiener Publishers,
2004.
©2004. |
| Edition: | Expanded ed. in honor of Al-Jabartī's 250th birthday. |
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