Travel
[ENGLISH, George Bethune]
A narrative of the expedition to Dongola and Sennaar, under the command of his Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha , Viceroy of Egypt. By an American in the service of the Viceroy.
Murray, London 1822. First edition. 8vo., xv, 232pp., original drab brown boards, rebacked to style, paper label, corners worn, modern morocco-backed clamshell box, an excellent copy.
English, a Harvard graduate, was commissioned in the marines through the influence of John Quincy Adams. Putting in to Alexandria in 1820 he became infatuated with the East, left the marines, converted to Islam and entered Mohammed Ali's service under the name Mohammed Effendi. English joined Mohammed Ali's expeditionary force for the invasion of Sudan under Ali's son Ismail. He was put in charge of the artillery and eventually reached Senaar, the expeditionary force having defeated the Sudanese tribesmen at Korti. Blackmer 553 (later U.S. edition); Hilmy I, 222.
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