[Footnote 687: Reynier, MSS. notes. Rigault, p. 266.]
[Footnote 688: The boy was born on 27 Nov., 1800. It was unfortunate
that Menou should choose the name Soliman. It is, however, most flimsy
evidence.
Zayaczeh, the Governor of Rosetta where Menou’s wife lived, wrote the
happy father “que Soliman est très joli, sa physionomie m’a paru
absolument la vôtre.”