Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . , the Pashas deputy,used also as the title of an officiai attached to eachrégiment: Bey and Efendi; most of thèse had at thefirst spécial applications, which in the course of timethey lost, degrading into a mère hierarchy of titles. The first governor appointed in Egypt by the Otto-man Sultan was Khair Bey, the man who is supposedto hâve betrayed the cause of his master Ghuri, whowhen he reached Syria in his campaign against theOttomans was repeatedly warned against this lieu-tenant, but was afraid of causing open division inhis force if he showed his suspicio
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus: . , the Pashas deputy,used also as the title of an officiai attached to eachrégiment: Bey and Efendi; most of thèse had at thefirst spécial applications, which in the course of timethey lost, degrading into a mère hierarchy of titles. The first governor appointed in Egypt by the Otto-man Sultan was Khair Bey, the man who is supposedto hâve betrayed the cause of his master Ghuri, whowhen he reached Syria in his campaign against theOttomans was repeatedly warned against this lieu-tenant, but was afraid of causing open division inhis force if he showed his suspicions openly. Havingto command one of the divisions of the EgyptianArmy in the battle of Marj Dabik, he is supposed tohâve, by preconcerted arrangement with the enemy,made his men leave the field, a proceeding which, ofcourse, led to a gênerai rout. His government lastedrather more than five years, and owing to his unpopu-larity with his Moslem subjects, he espoused the[cause of the Jews and Christians. He is celebrated [230]. MOSQUES IX THE SHARIA BAB-EL-U AZIR. CAIRO. THE TURKISH PERIOD for a deathbed repentance. When he despaired oflife he liberated ail except criminals who werepining in the dungeons of Cairo, and caused quanti-ties both of goods and coin to be distributed amongthe indigent and those who were dépendent on thereligious institutions of the capital. His mosque isclose to that of Ibrahim Agha in the quarter calledafter him Kharbakiyyeh, and it is there that he lies. His successor Mustafa, the Sultan Selims son-in-law, was the fîrst of the governors of Egypt who hadthe title Pasha (pronounced in Egypt Basha). Thecontemporary historian gives a rather humorous ac-count of his arrivai, and receiving deputations lyingon his back, and through his ignorance of the na-tional language looking as though he were made ofwood. The need for provision against attempts on thepart of governors to render themselves independentof the Porte was shown very soon after the conqu
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