JB/010/190/001

Click Here To Edit

1828 March
Egypt. T.J. Galloway to Bowring J Bentham – Information

All the Officers to be of the Pachas disciplined Army are "Turks
can both read & write Turkish
& Arabic & the major part of
the Privates (who are all Arabs)
read & wrote Arabic. The word
of command is given in Turkish.
There about about thirty thousand
regular troops (all of whom
are Arabs (invariably) but as
I before stated are officered
by Turks –) as in our East
Indin – (native troops) & English
officers.

The Pacha is in the monthly
receipt of all the European
journals – which are conveyed
to Egypt per the way of
Leghorn, Trieste, Marseilles,
& direct from London per
sea. They are forwarded
to him per the his different Agents
who reside in the principal
cities of Europe – & who
furnish him (per every post)
with the heads of all interesting matter
– both pollitical as well
as commercial, – & the journals
serve for reference as
to detail. – Our post's arrive
from Leghorn, & Marseilles
weekly, & sometimes more
frequently, (that is to say that
we have fresh arrivals from each
of these Ports – weekly.

Identifier: | JB/010/190/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Date_1	1828-03	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	190	Info in main headings field	egypt t. j. galloway to j. bentham information
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 /
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	3626
Box Contents