Roustam Raza | |
|---|---|
 "Portrait of Roustam Raza, the mamluck of Napoleon", 1810 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rostam 1783 Tiflis, Georgia |
| Died |
December 7, 1845 (aged 61–62) Dourdan, France |
| Spouse | Alexandrine Douville |
| Children | Achille |
Roustam Raza, also known as Roustan or Rustam was Napoleon Bonaparte's famous mamluk bodyguard.[1] Roustam was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. At thirteen Roustam was kidnapped and sold as a slave in Cairo. The Turks gave him the name Idzhahia. The sheikh of Cairo presented him to General Napoleon Bonaparte in 1798. Roustan served as a bodyguard of Napoleon until 1814, when the Roustan married Mademoiselle Douville in Dourdan, France and refused to follow the Emperor in his exile to Elba.[2][3]
On 7 December 1845, Roustam died in Dourdan.[4]
Depiction of Roustam Raza in traditional mamluk uniform.
References[]
- ↑ "NAPOLEON AS HIS MAMELUKE SERVANT SAW HIM; Memoirs of Roustam Come to Light---Intimate Anecdotes of the Emperor by His Personal Attendant, Whom Bonaparte Brought Back with Him from Egypt and Who Served Him for 17 Years". The New York Times. 7 May 1911. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9805E0DD1E3EE033A25754C0A9639C946096D6CF.
- ↑ Roustam, mameluck de Napoléon. D'après des mémoires et de nombreux documents inédits tirés des Archives Nationales et des Archives du ministère de la Guerre. [Ed.Hector Fleischmann]. — Paris: Albert Méricant, 1910. — 384 pp. (French)
- ↑ Alexander Mikaberidze (September 9, 2001). "The Georgian Mameluks in Egypt". www.napoleon-series.org. http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/c_mameluks1.html.
- ↑ Registre d'état civil de Dourdan (1845), Archives départementales de l'Essonne
External links[]
- Roustam Raza's memoirs online (Russian)
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