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New title

This article should be renamed. The campaign didn't just take place in Egypt, nor did it only occur in 1798. Funnyhat 05:11, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Should be called the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. If every other French attack on foreign soil during this period is titled an "invasion," such as the French invasion of Malta, then there should be no inconsistency here either.

Figures for Mustafa Pasha's army needs reconciling

In this article, it is claimed that Mustafa Pasha had an army of roughly 50,000 soldiers. However, when his army landed in Egypt, it apparently was much smaller. At the Battle of Abukir, the corresponding Wikipedia article claims he had an army of 20,000. -- KarlHallowell (talk) 06:37, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sphinx nose and Napoleon

Has anyone else read/heard the folklore/myth that Napoleon defaced the nose of the Sphinx for whatever reason, that it was too "offensively" ethnic (whether it was to him or not, debatable apart from the myth etc) or for any other reason that it was Napoleon's orders that took the nose off of the famous sphinx's face. Can this myth be attest to from originating from somewhere? 70.59.140.179 (talk) 06:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More an afrocentrist joke than a proper myth — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A03F:5018:7100:94C7:9DBF:28:33D5 (talk) 21:59, 12 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Treaty of Paris

In the section End of the campaign it is claimed that the treaty of Al Arish ended the hostilities between France and Turkey on the 25th of June. I am not sure what Al Arish means here. As far as I know, the name of the treaty refers to the place where the peace talks are held and treaty is signed. According to my sources, the treaty was not signed in Al Arish. It was signed in Paris on the 25th of June. So I think that the name Al Arish should be replaced by Paris. (I'll try to call the editor) Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 10:55, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So far no feedbac to my talk. I'll change the name of the treaty to Paris. This treaty is signed after Treaty of Amiens. (the source is Nicolae Jorga: Geschichte des Osmanischen (trans: Nilüfer Epçeli) Vol 5 p 133) Nedim Ardoğa (talk) 19:58, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Overlap with Mediterranean campaign of 1798

Some coordination needs to happen between this and Mediterranean campaign of 1798 - either complete merger, or confine this to just the land campaign and leave the naval stuff and Malta to that article.Le Deluge (talk) 11:43, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wrath at Jaffa

Two days and two nights of carnage were enough to assuage the French soldiers' fury - 4000 prisoners were shot or beheaded by a Muslim executioner taken on in Egypt. This vengeful execution found apologists, who wrote that Napoleon could neither afford to hold such a large number of prisoners nor let them escape to join Jezzar's ranks. First, NPOV. ("vengeful action" and "apologists"). Second, it is clearly incompatible with the according passage in [[1]] that claims: The attack on Jaffa was particularly brutal: Bonaparte, on discovering many of the defenders were former prisoners of war, ostensibly on parole, ordered the garrison and 1,400 prisoners to be executed by bayonet or drowning to save bullets.[58] Men, women and children were robbed and murdered for three days.[61] Different estimations are, of course, ordinary, yet this version suffers from complete lack of references. --Oop (talk) 07:40, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Source?

What is the source of this excerpt: The French people are a nation of stubborn infidels and unbridled rascals... They look upon the Koran, the Old Testament and the New Testament as fables... Soon, troops as numerous as they are formidable will advance on us by land, at the same time ships of the line as high as the mountains will cover the surface of the seas... If it pleases God, it is reserved for you to preside over their [i.e. the French forces in Egypt] entire destruction; as dust is scattered by the wind, there will not remain a single vestige of these infidels: for the promise of God is formal, the hope of the wicked man will be deceived, and the wicked men will perish. Glory to the Lord of the worlds!

This has been reproduced throughout the internet, yet none have any authoritative citation. It is even reproduced on the Revolt of Cairo page on Wikipedia. If there is no proper citation, it should be deleted. 68.109.136.141 (talk) 01:52, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Make siege of Damietta 1799

Can someone that is veteran on this of Wikipedia pls do the siege of Damietta cus is an battle regístrate pls someone do it please Wilhem Hoffman (talk) 16:30, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]