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The Egyptian Mind and the Idea of Democracy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Sami A. Hanna
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In 1795, i.e. three years before Napoleon's arrival in Egypt, Egyptian opposition to the Ottoman Wâlï and the Mamlûks brought the country almost to what might be described as a popular movement of resistance. This was climaxed in a dramatic incident in which the leaders of the Azhâr and the masses were able to secure a rare hujja from the Wâlï and the two Mamlûk leaders, Murâd Bek and Ibrâhïm Bek, which can be considered the first ‘legal document’ Egypt ever had known in its constitutional history.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , July 1970 , pp. 238 - 247
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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page 239 note 1 ‘Abd, al-Rahman al-Jabartï, ‘Ajâ'ib at-Âthâr fï al-Tarâjim wal-Akhbâr, edited by Hasan, M. Jawhar et al., vol. IV (Cairo, 1965), pp. 255–7.Google Scholar

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page 245 note 1 Mounted Cavalry of the private army of the governor.

page 246 note 1 Al-Jabartï, , op. cit. vol. VI, pp. 218–21.Google Scholar

page 246 note 2 Ibid. p. 223.

page 246 note 3 Muhammad ‘Ali's acceptance of the draft to become Wâlï.

page 246 note 4 Al-Jabartï means 'Umar Makram, who wrote the text of the above portion of the letter he sent Muhammad 'Alï.

page 246 note 5 Ibid. p. 329.