Félix Mengin ( ) was a French trader, temporary French consul and writer in
Cairo
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.
[''Lettres de Bernardino Drovetti, consul de France à Alexandrie'' edited by Sylvie Guichard - 2003 Page 193 "Félix Mengin était un négociant du Caire et un agent français très habile à qui Drovetti confia la gestion du consulat général entre août 1804 et mars 1807, date de son arrivée au Caire lors de l'invasion anglaise."]
He came to Egypt with
Napoléon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
's mission. He wrote several books about the history of
Egypt
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,
Saudi Arabia
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and other
Arab
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Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
countries including a History of Egypt in era of
Mohammed Ali Pasha.
Books
* ''Histoire de l'Égypte sous le gouvernement de Mohammed-Aly'' Félix Mengin, Joseph Agoub (1795-1832), Edme-François Jomard - 1823
References
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19th-century French historians
French male non-fiction writers