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Obock Territory
The Obock Territory and Dependencies was an administrative colony belonging to the Second French colonial empire, between 1862 and 1896, located in the current republic of Djibouti. History On June 4, 1859, the former French consular agent in Aden, Henri Lambert, was assassinated in the Gulf of Tadjourah. After an investigation by the French envoy Stanislas Russel, the commander of the naval station of the East Coast of Africa (based in Réunion Island), Viscount Alphonse Fleuriot de Langle, was tasked with arresting the presumed culprits. They were handed over to the Ottoman authorities. On March 11, 1862, representatives of the sultan of Tadjourah ( Diny Ahmed Aboubekr, Mohammed Hammed, and Aboubekr Ibrahim Chahim), who had come to Paris following this incident, concluded an agreement with Édouard Thouvenel, Foreign Minister of Napoleon III, by which they ceded to France “the ports, harbor, and anchorage of Obock located near Cape Ras Bir along with the plain extending f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partant Pour La Syrie
"Partant pour la Syrie" (; ) was the ''de facto'' national anthem of the Second French Empire, used between 1852 and 1870. The music was composed by Hortense de Beauharnais, and the lyrics were written by Alexandre de Laborde, in or around 1807. Background The song was inspired by Napoleon I's French campaign in Egypt and Syria, campaign in Egypt and Syria. It represents a Chivalry, chivalric composition of the aspirations of a Crusades, crusader knight in a style typical of the First French Empire. Hortense de Beauharnais, Hortense (Napoleon I's stepdaughter and the mother of Napoleon III) indicated in her ''Memoires'' that she wrote the music when she lived at Château de Malmaison, Malmaison. During its popularity in the 19th century, the song was arranged for numerous instruments by various composers. The poem by Laborde was originally titled ''Le beau Dunois'', telling the story of the handsome crusader Dunois. Prior to his departure to Syria (region), Syria, he prays to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
