Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
Arab Pasha.

1t has hitherto been believed that
Arabii Pasha was born in q village of
Lower Egypt, as the son of q fellah. A
Spanish journal, the Valencia U,siuerso,
however, publishes letter by Senior
d Esteve y Arab, who claims to be q
nephew of Arab Pasha, and gives the
following information concerning his
uncle: IS 81 IL
Arab Pasha was born at Denia, in
Ehe Rrovince of Valencia His parents,
now Asoah deceased /, were Dionisio Arab,
who was engaged in the manufacture of
wooden boxes, And Maria Medina, "a
natiteN Gan sda. Df their three sons.
the eldest has beSn fer tha last eighteen
years imprisoned for murder in the PEN
itentiary of Ceuta, and the second has
been peddling small wares in the vii
lagos of Valencia The Youngest.
Manuel Arab, surnafned Nelet, the sub
Ject OF this sketch, was employed until
his thirteenth year in his fathers work.
shop. Having early evinced an Unusual
fondness for study, and given proof of
an excellent memory, he was taken by
his parents to Valencia, where ne en-
tered the elementary, Schools He SUBJ
sequently, attended for fouryears leo
tu:as on jurisprudence at the university,
until he suddenly disappeared in the
company of young actress, after
which nothing was heard of him for
long time. It was not until 1862 that
his parents received news Of their son
from Spanish cavalry officer, F rancisco
del Moral, also native of Denia. From
his accounts they learned that Nelet
had, in 1859, enlisted at Malaga in
the regiment of lancers belonging to
the division of General Ros de Olano,
and taken part in the war in Morocco
There he had given repeated proofs of
reckless bravery, which gained for him
the rank of ensign. Shortly after the
Spanish troops quilted Tetuan, Nelet
deserted the ranks, and returned to that
city, where he sued for the hand of the
daughter of rich Hebrew merchant,
apparently without success. He was
fnally recognized as a former Spanish
officer and forced to leave TetHan. After
long wanderingS in the interior of the
country, in the course of which he &C
CURED thorough knowledge OF Arabic,
-Melet enlisted as sailor on the English
coasting vessel Cognait. The ship hav-
Ing been wrecked soon after in the
&o3g time a wandering aud adventurous
life in Abyssinia and Nubia, and at last
reached Lower Egypt, where he again
enlisted II = ,-
The statements of Senior Esteve Ara
bi regarding Arabi's subsequent career
coincide with what is known of him
from other sources. Arab Pasha, who
is now in his forty-6fth, year, is rather
stout, and has large, black eyes, large
mouth, and beaked nose. He knows
several languages, aud is amiable in his
saeia, intercourse. He has several wives.
He correspondent with his parents from
Egypt 20 the last; and only as. late as
last year he sent his photograph, with
an Arabic dedication, to Denia, for his
brothers, of whose whereabouts he had
then just learned. Z The author of the
letter refers in corroboratiOn of his
statements to the baptismal register of
Denia, the matriculation lists of the
University OF Valencia, the Spanish
Army Register for 1860, and to the pro-
prietOrs of the wrecked Cognait. The
Madrid Journals also reprint the letter
in full, remarking that there isno reason
to doubt the veracity of its author.-N.
L. HOS<.I Z E