. The life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Rev. and enl. with portraits. ,was divided into twenty-four companies, and obeyedno authority except that of its captains. These wereknown in Oriental phrase as Beys, the subordinates werethemselves what we call the Mamelukes; the whole,in number about eight thousand, formed a kind ofchivalry which, though reduced to nominal submission in1517, still governed the land with despotic power, andbade defiance to the Sultans shaky authority. Thefirst portion of Bonapartes proclamation sketchedthe evils of Mameluke tyranny, the second called on thepopulace to aid the
. The life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Rev. and enl. with portraits. ,was divided into twenty-four companies, and obeyedno authority except that of its captains. These wereknown in Oriental phrase as Beys, the subordinates werethemselves what we call the Mamelukes; the whole,in number about eight thousand, formed a kind ofchivalry which, though reduced to nominal submission in1517, still governed the land with despotic power, andbade defiance to the Sultans shaky authority. Thefirst portion of Bonapartes proclamation sketchedthe evils of Mameluke tyranny, the second called on thepopulace to aid their Hberators. We, too, are trueMussulmans. Is it not we who have destroyed thePope that said war must be made on the Mussulmans?Is it not we who have destroyed the Knights of Maltabecause those insensate chevaliers beheved God wantedthem to make war on the Mussulmans? Thrice happythey who are on our side! They shall prosper in theirfortune and in their place. Happy those who areneutral! They shaU have time to understand us, and M E D I T E S ^ f^ ^ JV B A E A. 6;scji@
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