[Footnote 1266: Lesseps to Talleyrand, 5 ventôse, XII (24 Feb., 1804).
Arch. Aff. Et., Corresp. Consulaire, Le Caire.]
[Footnote 1267: Lesseps to Talleyrand, 17 pluviôse, XII (1 Feb., 1804).
Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Corresp. Pol., 207.]
[Footnote 1268: Lesseps to Talleyrand, 1 nivôse, XII (22 Dec., 1803).
Arch. Aff. Et., Corresp. Consulaire, Le Caire.]
[Footnote 1269: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1270: Missett to Hobart, 3 Sept., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1271: Missett to Hobart, 27 Feb., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1272: Missett to Hobart, 6 March, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1273: Lesseps to Jaubert, 16 pluviôse, XII (5 Feb., 1804).
Arch. Nat. AF., IV, 1687.]
[Footnote 1274: Pelissier, “Négociations de la France dans le Levant.”
Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Mémoires et Documents. Vol. 64.]
[Footnote 1275: Missett to Hobart, 29 March, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1276: _Ibid._, 28 May, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1277: Djabarti, VII, p. 284.]
[Footnote 1278: Missett to Hobart, 16, 18 March, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1279: Missett to Hobart, 16 March, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.
“Khourshid entreated me to get him Pashalik. I was engaged in this when
the Elfi affair interrupted the negotiations.” Missett to Hobart, 22
Feb., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1280: Missett to Hobart, 19 April, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1281: Missett to Hobart, 18 March, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1282: Missett to Hobart, 18 March, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1283: Missett to Hobart, 10 Aug., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1284: “. . . The Beys . . . ever act on the impulse of the
moment, descending to the lowest flattery when in distress and assuming
the most insulting arrogance when their affairs assume a more favourable
aspect.” Missett to Hobart, 11 Feb., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.
“Bardissy and all the others are treacherous, the same is true of Elfi.”
Missett to Camden, 10 Oct., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.
“. . . . Whatever Power affords them (the Beys) the means of
establishing their own authority will receive from them every outward
mark of acknowledgment.” Missett to Hobart, 25 Jan., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.
Also Missett to Camden, 20 Dec., 1804, 10 March, 1805. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1285: Missett to Hobart, 12 March, 1804. W.O. 1, 347. Mehemet
Ali having rebelled against Sultan is likely to accept advantages held
to him by the French agent. Missett to Hobart, 28 May, 1804. W.O. 1,
347. Mehemet Ali “being guided by the French agent” must oppose the
restoration of order, etc.]
[Footnote 1286: Lesseps to Jaubert, 24 brum., XIII (14 Nov., 1804).
Arch. Nat. AF., IV, 1687.]
[Footnote 1287: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1288: Elfi’s petition to “Grand Vizier” of Britain (Arabic), 9
gomada elthania 1219, H. Enclosed in Missett’s despatch, 16 Aug., 1804.
W.O. 1, 347. Elfi asks for mediation for “pardon” of Sultan and 4000
British soldiers to destroy the Albanians.]
[Footnote 1289: Missett to Hobart, 16 Aug., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1290: _Revue des Etudes Napoléoniennes_, Sept.—Oct., 1923, p.
97.]
[Footnote 1291: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1292: “Intercepted” despatch from Lesseps to Jaubert, 11
germinal, XII (31 March, 1804). “Intercepted” despatch from Lesseps to
Jaubert, 14 germinal, XII (3 April, 1804). Lesseps states that he would
not return to Cairo till after the insult done by Mehemet Ali to the
Consular house after the expulsion of the Mamelukes had been expiated.]
[Footnote 1293: Napoleon to Talleyrand, 2 frimaire, XII (24 Nov., 1803).
_Correspondance_, IX, 7312, 7313.]
[Footnote 1294: Lesseps to Talleyrand, 10 messidor, XII (28 June, 1804).
Arch. Aff. Et., Corresp. Consulaire, Le Caire.]
[Footnote 1295: Djabarti, VIII, p. 70.]
[Footnote 1296: Missett to Hobart, 16 June, 1804. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1297: Taberna to (Missett?), 19 July, 1805. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1298: Royer to Jaubert, 25 March, 1805. Arch. Nat. AF., IV,
1687.]
[Footnote 1299: On the whole episode. Djabarti, VII, pp. 309, 318, 312,
368-9, 375-92.]
[Footnote 1300: Drovetti, _Journal_, 1-17 prairial (20 May-5 June,
1805). Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Corresp. Pol., 209.]
[Footnote 1301: Drovetti, _Journal_, 1-17 prairial (20 May-5th June,
1805). Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Corresp. Pol., 209.]
[Footnote 1302: _Voyages d’Ali Bey_, II, p. 246.]
[Footnote 1303: Djabarti, VII, p. 375.]
[Footnote 1304: Taberna to Missett, 26 Aug., 1804. W.O. 1, 347.
Describes the visit of the sheikhs to him, with the request for a
British force.
Lesseps to Napoleon, Leghorne, 19 frimaire, XIII (9 Dec., 1804). Arch.
Nat. AF., IV, 1687. Sheikh Fayyoumi went to Alexandria to see Lesseps on
this subject.]
[Footnote 1305: Djabarti, VII, p. 385.]
[Footnote 1306: Drovetti to Mengin, 26 floréal, XIII (15 May, 1805).
Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Corresp. Pol., 209.]
[Footnote 1307: Drovetti to Mengin, 30 floréal, XIII (19 May, 1805).
Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Corresp. Pol., 209.]
[Footnote 1308: Drovetti to Mengin, 2 prairial, XIII (21 May, 1805).
Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Corresp. Pol., 209.]
[Footnote 1309: Drovetti to Mengin, 12 prairial, XIII (31 May, 1805).
Arch. Aff. Et. Turquie, Corresp. Pol., 209.]
[Footnote 1310: Napoleon to Hauterive, 24 messidor, XIII (13 July,
1805). _Correspondance_, XI, 8976.
M. Brotonne has reprinted, by mistake, this letter in his _Dernières
Lettres Inédites de Napoléon_, I, p. 145, and gives it the date of 16
July.]
[Footnote 1311: Missett to Arbuthnot, 22 March, 1806. F.O. Turkey, 50.]
[Footnote 1312: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1313: Arbuthnot to Fox, 5 May, 1806. F.O. Turkey, 50.]
[Footnote 1314: Djabarti, VII, p. 74, and Arbuthnot’s despatch. Note 1.
Mehemet Ali had to levy a contribution of 2500 purses to satisfy the
Capitan Pasha. The Turk in addition endeavoured to impose 150 purses in
Alexandria, although that city had been exempt since the expulsion of
the French. Missett adds that the “Pasha does not blush.” Missett to
Arbuthnot, 1 Oct., 1806. F.O. Egypt, 2.]
[Footnote 1315: Arbuthnot to Missett, 5 June, 1806. F.O. Turkey, 50.]
[Footnote 1316: Djabarti, VIII, p. 75. Leake, _Travels in Northern
Greece_, II, p. 616, gives an amusing description of Moussa Pasha, whom
he saw at Epalto in Feb., 1805. Moussa was then so poor as to eat his
pilaff cooked in oil instead of butter. His servants used to steal the
firewood of Mr. S.[trane], the British Consul in Patras. Moussa was then
economising to purchase the pashalik of the Morea. “He was humble and
civil as is usual with Turks in adversity.”
In Nov., 1806, Leake again saw him in Salonika after the failure in
Egypt. Moussa attributed his discomfiture to the bribes of Mehemet Ali
to the Capitan Pasha (III, p. 237). Moussa later became Kaimakam and
engineered the deposition of the Sultan. Hobhouse, _Travels_, II, p.
392.]
[Footnote 1317: Mengin, _L’Egypte sous Mehemet Ali_, I, pp. 207-8.]
[Footnote 1318: Driault, _Napoléon et l’Europe, Austerlitz_, p. 229.]
[Footnote 1319: Driault, _La Politique Orientale de Napoléon_, p. 112.]
[Footnote 1320: Missett to Windham, 18 June, 1806. W.O. 1, 347.
When the Capitan Pasha arrived, Missett sent congratulations to
Bardissy, Ibrahim and Osman Hassan. Missett to Windham, 14 Aug., 1806.
W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1321: Thirty horses (10 of them saddled), 4000 sheep, cows,
buffaloes, 100 camels laden with provisions and clothes and money.
Djabarti, VIII, p. 25.]
[Footnote 1322: Djabarti, VIII, p. 75.]
[Footnote 1323: Missett to Windham, 14 Aug., 1806. W.O. 1, 347.]
[Footnote 1324: Djabarti, VIII, p. 36. Very few of the signatories read
it. “Forged” seals were also used.]
[Footnote 1325: Djabarti, VIII, p. 25. “Cela n’a rien d’étonnant car
tous étaient ses creatures. Chacun d’eux possédait nombre de maisons, de
femmes et de villages, en un mot, avait une situation qui dépassait ses
espérances et ses rêves. Ils entendaient bien défendre leurs richesses
au risque de leur vie.”]
[Footnote 1326: Arbuthnot to Howick, 15 Jan., 1807. F.O. Turkey, 55.]
[Footnote 1327: _Ibid._]
[Footnote 1328: Missett to Arbuthnot, 17 Nov., 1806. F.O. Egypt, 2.]
[Footnote 1329: Missett to Arbuthnot, 29 Sept., 1806. F.O. Egypt, 2.]
[Footnote 1330: Djabarti, VIII, p. 80.]