Félix Mengin
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Félix Mengin ( ) was a French trader, temporary French consul and writer in
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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
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's mission. He wrote several books about the history of
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,
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and other
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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mengin, Felix 19th-century French historians French male non-fiction writers