Abdallah Menou

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Abdallah Menou was a French general of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras who converted to Islam during the French campaign in Egypt and served as a key military and administrative figure there.

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Label Occurrences
Abdallah Menou canonical 2
Abdallah Jacques Menou 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French general
convert to Islam
human
military officer
person of the French Revolutionary Wars
person of the Napoleonic Wars
politician
adoptedNameAfterConversion Abdullah
surface form: Abdallah
allegiance First French Empire
French First Republic
Kingdom of France
alsoKnownAs Abdallah Menou
surface form: Abdallah Jacques Menou

Jacques-François Menou
Jacques-François de Menou
surface form: Jacques-François de Menou, baron de Boussay
birthDate 1750-09-03
birthName Jacques-François de Menou
birthPlace Boussay, Indre-et-Loire, France
burialPlace Venice
causeOfDeath natural causes
convertedToReligion Islam
countryOfCitizenship France
deathDate 1810-08-13
deathPlace Venice
surface form: Venice, Kingdom of Italy
familyName de Menou
givenName Jacques-François
historicalEra French Revolution
Napoleonic era
militaryBranch French Army
militaryRank general
général de division
name Abdallah Menou self-link
nobleTitle baron
notableEvent surrender of Alexandria to British and Ottoman forces in 1801
notableFor command of French forces in Egypt after Kléber’s assassination
conversion to Islam during the French campaign in Egypt
participatedIn French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign
surface form: French campaign in Egypt and Syria

War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
placeOfConversion Egypt
positionHeld commander-in-chief of the French Army of Egypt
governor of Egypt
member of the Council of Five Hundred
religion Islam
Roman Catholicism
residence Egypt
Venice
servedUnder Jean-Baptiste Kléber
Napoleon Bonaparte
spouse Egyptian woman of notable family (Zubaida / Zoubeida) whom he married after converting to Islam
Zubaida bint Muhammad El Bakri

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Jacques-François Menou alsoKnownAs Abdallah Menou
Abdallah Menou name Abdallah Menou self-link
Abdallah Menou alsoKnownAs Abdallah Menou
this entity surface form: Abdallah Jacques Menou