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هذا تاريخ حصار الافرنج لعكة المحروسة وحصول النصر عليهم / لمولانا محمد بدير افندي.
Hādhā Tārīkh ḥiṣār al-Ifranj li-ʻAkkah al-maḥrūsah wa-ḥuṣūl al-naṣr ʻalayhim / li-Mawlānā Muḥammad Badīr Afandī.
1800-1899
An account of the siege of Acre by Napoleon and his subsequent defeat, eulogizing at the same time Aḥmad Pāshā [al-Jazzār] 1132-1219 [1719/20-1804/5], the governor of Acre. The author refers to Napoleon as "Bartī" (Bonaparte) and makes plays on the words. Reference is also made to Gaza and the siding of its inhabitants with Napoleon.
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