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... fmall number of Janiflaries indeed was re- tained at Cairo , and a few other places in the fervice of the Porte , of which they held landed poffeffions , in return for their fervice . In Up . per Egypt , there were fome Arabs who paid ...
... fmall number of Janiflaries indeed was re- tained at Cairo , and a few other places in the fervice of the Porte , of which they held landed poffeffions , in return for their fervice . In Up . per Egypt , there were fome Arabs who paid ...
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... fmall corps of their refpective body- guards . When the combat was over , the conqueror returned im- mediately to the capital , where moft of the bathaws refided . The vanquished party returned alfo thi- ther , in a few days thereafter ...
... fmall corps of their refpective body- guards . When the combat was over , the conqueror returned im- mediately to the capital , where moft of the bathaws refided . The vanquished party returned alfo thi- ther , in a few days thereafter ...
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... fmall platoon on the right , commanded by captain Valette , with horrible cries , and the greatest valour ; and , at the fame time , the rear of the fquare . They were every where received by the French with the greatest coolness ...
... fmall platoon on the right , commanded by captain Valette , with horrible cries , and the greatest valour ; and , at the fame time , the rear of the fquare . They were every where received by the French with the greatest coolness ...
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... fmall trading veffels were found in the harbour . The conqueft of Jaffa , according to the report of fir Sidney Smith , coft the French above one thoufand men . Buonaparte then formed a divan , compofed of the principal Turks of the ...
... fmall trading veffels were found in the harbour . The conqueft of Jaffa , according to the report of fir Sidney Smith , coft the French above one thoufand men . Buonaparte then formed a divan , compofed of the principal Turks of the ...
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... fmall number , therefore , remaining in the lodgement , were killed or dif- perfed . The groupe of generals and aids- de - camp , which fhells , from fixty- eight pounders , had frequently dif perfed , was now affembled on a mount ...
... fmall number , therefore , remaining in the lodgement , were killed or dif- perfed . The groupe of generals and aids- de - camp , which fhells , from fixty- eight pounders , had frequently dif perfed , was now affembled on a mount ...
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