Battle of Abukir (1799)
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The Battle of Abukir was fought on 25 July 1799 between the French Army of the Orient under Napoleon Bonaparte and an Ottoman army under Mustafa Pasha during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. It
Battle of Aboukir (1804)
Battle of Abukir, 25 July 1799 by Antoine-Jean Gros, 1806
Aboukir fort and peninsula, as it was in 1813.
"The Battle of Aboukir", relief by Bernard Seurre on the South Façade of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris.
Mustafa Pasha (Egypt)
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Mustafa Pasha was an Ottoman commander, born in Edirne and a paternal Uncle of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, who had fought against Russia and Napoleon's army in Egypt. He lost the Battle of Abukir in 1799.
Battle of Abukir (1799)
…of Aboukir or Battle of Abu Qir) was fought on 25 July 1799 between the French Army of the Orient under Napoleon Bonaparte and an Ottoman army under Mustafa Pasha during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria. It is considered the first pitched battle with this name, as there already had been a naval battle on 1…
Mustafa Pasha, commander of the Ottoman troops at the Battle of Abukir on June 25, 1799