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Syria and Egypt Under the Last Five Sultans of Turkey; Being Experiences, During the Fifty Years, of Mr. Consul-General Barker
Syria and Egypt Under the Last Five Sultans of Turkey Being Experiences During the Fifty Years of Mr ConsulGeneral Barker Author:John Barker General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Original Publisher: Tinsley Subjects: Syria Egypt Great Britain Turkey History / Ancient / Egypt History / Middle East / Egypt History / Middle East / General Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Middle East Travel / Middle East / General Notes: This is a... more » black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER H. Mr. Barker's Marriage. -- His Wife's Family. -- Letter to Mr. Keith on this Subject. -- Attacks on Mr. Barker's Character. -- Mutual Hatred of Eastern Religious Sects. -- Imprisonment of French Subjects on a War with France. -- Conspiracy of Durighello and Pilavoine against Mr. Barker. -- Course of Justice in Turkey. -- How Money was raised by Pachas at the beginning of this Century. -- Letter to Sir Sidney Smith on this subject. Anecdote. -- Mr. Barker's Views on the Capitulations. -- The real Secret of Mohammedan Fanaticism. -- Anecdote Illustrative. -- Moral to be learnt for our Guidance in India. -- What Foreign "Protection" in Turkish Countries really is. -- Difference in Creed not the Cause of Revolts. A STRIKING feature in Mr. Barker's character was his strict attention to duty. In a private letter to Mr. Keith, secretary to Hi a Excellency Sir Sidney Smith, dated 16th May, 1800, he informed him that he received his letter at the moment that he was on the point of setting out for a day's excursion, -- the only one he had allowed himself since his arrival at Aleppo, eleven months before ; and although on the point of contracting marriage (he was then twenty-eight years of age), he could not allow the natural inclination topass his time in the society of the lady he loved to induce him to forget or neglect his duty. And yet he was of a bright, jov...« less