Ali Bey el Abbassi
Ali Bey el Abbassi | |
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| Died | 30 August 1818[3] |
| Occupation | Explorer |
Domingo Francisco Jorge Badía y Leblich; 1767–1818), better known by his
Life
Badía was born in
Under the assumed name of Ali Bey el Abbassi, Badía spent the two years from 1803 to 1805 in
Having returned home in 1807, There was much mystery about Ali Bey, since the account was written from his persona. Bankes, writing in 1830, roundly asserted that he was a Jew, and many later writers have thought that he was a genuine Muslim of Moroccan origin but of Spanish education.
He set out on a second journey in 1818 under the assumed name of Ali Othman.
Legacy
Carrer Alí Bei, a street in Barcelona and Tangier, are named after him. A statue of him in Tangier was removed lately after knowing his true history.
The 2023 film De sable et de feu (Sand and Fire) is based on his story.[10] It includes a close relationship with the famous Lady Hester Stanhope: but there is no evidence their paths ever crossed.
See also
- French Campaign in Egypt and Syria
Notes
- Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., gives his place of birth as "Biscay" in 1766.[5] In modern times, scholars have demonstrated that he was a Catalan born in Barcelona.[citation needed]
- ^ Badía y Leblich (1814), frontisp.
- ^ Badía y Leblich (1816), frontisp.
- ^ a b c Baynes (1878), p. 228.
- ^ a b c Chisholm (1911).
- ^ a b c d e Baynes (1878), p. 227.
- The American Cyclopædia.
- ^ Badía y Leblich (1814).
- ^ Badía y Leblich (1816).
- ^ "Science Source Stock Photo - Ali Bey al-Abbasi, Spanish Explorer and Spy". www.sciencesource.com. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ "Prime Video: De sable et de feu".
References
- Badía y Leblich, D.F.J. (1814), Voyages d'Ali Bey el Abbassi en Afrique et en Asie pendant les Années 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, et 1807 [Voyages of Ali Bey in Africa and Asia during the Years 1803–1807] (in French), Paris: P. Didot l'Ainé[clarification needed]
- Badía y Leblich, D.F.J. (1816), Travels of Ali Bey in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, Between the Years 1803 and 1807, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown[clarification needed]
- Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, pp. 227–228
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Ali Bey", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 659
External links
- Ali Bey el Abbassi in the German National Library catalogue
- The Penetration of Arabia: A Record of the Development of Western Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula discusses Ali Bey al-Abbasi
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