Pierre Deval (Consul)

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Dey Hussein uses the fly whisk.

Pierre Deval (* 1758 ; † 1829 ) was the French consul general in Algeria from 1814 to 1827 . He became known for the diplomatic offense against him by Algeria, which at that time was still formally part of the Ottoman Empire. This incident provided the pretext for the French invasion of Algeria in 1830.

Pierre Deval came from a family that produced a number of dragomaniacs since 1716 who were in the diplomatic service for France in the Ottoman Empire.

During the Napoleonic Wars , the reign of Algiers profited greatly from the Mediterranean trade and massive food imports to France, largely financed by credit.

Hussein Dey  - Algeria's last Ottoman governor - demanded the repayment of a 31-year-old liability for food supplies to supply the French army during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign . These food deliveries were originally funded by the Paris- based trading company Bacri and Busnach . These entrepreneurs were native Algerian Jews, and when the repayment was not made, the then Dey of Algiers stepped in. Hussein Dey wrote to King Louis XVIII as the rightful successor to the Lender . , but without success.

On April 29, 1827, Hussein Dey gave a reception to which the French consul Pierre Deval also appeared. Dey Hussein approached the consul about the horrendous debt and demanded a reason for the French government's negative attitude. Deval then replied "that his government would not answer under any circumstances because it considered it useless". In response to this affront, Dey Hussein hit the consul three times with his fly whisk and directed him out of the building. The meanwhile ruling King Charles X used this incident to break off diplomatic relations and to conquer Algeria in 1830. French rule would last for the next 132 years.

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Individual evidence

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  2. Francophone African cinema: history, culture, politics and theory by K. Martial Frindethie, Martial Kokroa Frindéthié p. 117
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  4. Wolfgang Mayer, Evi Kästner: The Dey of Algiers. Pirate states on the Mediterranean. Cannons against fly whisk. In: history with a kick. Issue 2, Sailer, Nürnberg 1999, ISSN  0173-539X , pp. 11-14.
  5. ^ A History of the Jews in North Africa by Haim Zeev Hirschberg, Eliezer Bashan, Robert Attal p. 45 ff
  6. ^ Gerhard Höpp: Algeria, Liberation War. 1954-1952 ; P. 3