Félix Mengin ( ) was a French trader, temporary French consul and writer in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
.
[''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 ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
's mission. He wrote several books about the history of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
and other
Arab
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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
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19th-century French historians
French male non-fiction writers