Excerpt from History of the Egyptian Revolution, Vol. 1: From the Period of the Mamelukes to the Death of Mohammed Ali; From Arab and European Memoirs, Oral Tradition, and Local Research This work comprises a preliminary sketch of Egyptian History from the Moslem conquest down to the end of the 18th century; researches into the curious parts of the history of the French and British Expeditions to Egypt, and a more extended view of the labours of the Institute of Egypt than is to be found in the usual histories; an account of the career of Mohammed Ali, and of the Social and Commercial Revolutions which followed In the wake of his military and political opera tions. The whole - sustained by personal notes and observations, made during my travels and residences In Egypt and Syria during the years 1839-40-41-42-43-45 and 1846, - closes with the Pasha's death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.