A Black Corps d'Elite: An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and its Survivors in Subsequent African History

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Abbreviations Fuller titles of printed works noticed here in brief may be found in Appendix 2. adj. AH. 'AlI Jimn AM.AE. Arab. 'Awn aI-Sharif BA Baker Blanchot BD bn. brig.-gen. Campos adjudant, adjutant Anno Hegirae (Latin) =in the year of the emigration (Arab. al-hijra) of Muhammad from Mecca to al-Madina, marking the beginning of the Muslim lunar calendar 'Ali Jifun, Memoirs ofa Sudanese Soldier, 1896 Archives du Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres, Paris Arab, Arabic 'Awn aI-Sharif Qasim, Qamus al-lahjat al-'amiyya fi'I-Sudan (Dictionary of rustic Arabic in the Sudan), 2nd ed., Cairo, 1985 Bazaine Archive, Latin American Library, University of Texas, Austin Baker Pasha, Sir S. Y., Ismaili"a, 1874 Blanchot, C., L 'Intervention /ralU;aise au Mexique A Biographical Dictionary ofthe Sudan, compo R. Hill, ed. 1967 battalion, bataillon brigadier-general Campos, S.I., Recuerdos historicos II xiii xiv capt. Chenu cl. cn. col. coy, Coy cpl. DAB Dabbs DBF Douin Du Barail fl. For. Regt. gen,gen Genie Gov Historique hsp. It. maj. M.M. n.d. Nu~f:Ji o.c. pte q.m.c q.m.s Regt. Etr. Black Corps d'Elite captain, capitaine Chenu, J. c., Aper~u sur les expeditions. .. du Mexique. .. Bataillon egyptien, 1877 class, c1asse controle nominatif, battalion nominal roll colonel company, compagnie corporal, caporal Dictionary ofAmerican Biography Dabbs, J. A., The French Army in Mexico Dictionnaire de Biographie Fran~aise Douin, G., Histoire du regne du Khedive Ismail Du Barail, F. c., Mes Souvenirs flourished, was active Foreign Regiment. See Regiment Etranger general, general Section du Genie, expedition du Mexique, See S.H.A.T. Governor Raveret et Dellard, Historique du Bataillon Negre Egyptien hospital lieutenant major, commandant Military Medal, Medaille Militaire no date, undated Muhammad Nu~f:Ji Pasha, Report on the siege and fall of Khartoum, SNR, XIlI, pt. 1, 1-81, 1930 officer commanding private, soldat quartermaster-corporal quartermaster-sergeant Regiment Etranger, later renamed Legion Etrangere Abbreviations SAD St-Cyr sgt S.H.A.T. S.H.M.T. s.m. SNR S.S.A. Taqwim Ta'rikh Toral tr. Turk. Tusun w.o. Willing x Zaki Sudan Archive, University Library, Durham, England xv Ecole speciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the French counterpart of the British Sandhurst and the American West Point sergeant, sergent Service historique de I'armee de terre, Chateau de Vincennes, Paris Service historique de la marine, Toulon company sergeant major Sudan Notes and Records, Khartoum, 1918 Service de sante des armees, archives, bibliotheque , H6pital du Val de Grace, Paris Am!n Sam! Pasha, ed. Taqwlm ai-Nil, vol. III, pt. 2, Cairo, 1936 'Umar Tusun, Prince, Ta'rlkh mudlriyyat khaft alistiwii 'al-mi$riyya Jesus de Leon Toral, Gen., Historia documental militar de la intervenci6n francesa en Mexico translator, translation, traducteur, traduction Turk., Turkish 'Umar Tusun, (French Omar Toussoun) Prince, Butulat al-orta al-sudiiniyya al-mi$riyya fi'I-l;ziirb al-Maksik warrant officer, rank between commissioned and non-commissioned officer Willing, Col. P., L'expedition du Mexique (1861 1867 ) Name recorded in this form only in the Contr61e nominatif, battalion nominal roll 'Abd al-RaJ:!man Zak! I'liim al-jaysh wa'lbal ;zriyyafi Mi$r, Cairo, 1947 ...