Sulayman al-Halabi

سليمان الحلبي (Known as "Sulayman the Student")

Azhar Student, Anti-Colonial Fighter, Assassin of General Kléber

Born 1777

Afrin, Syria

Passed Away Jun 17, 1800 Cairo, Egypt

Lifespan 23 years old

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"He struck down the general of the invading army to defend the sacred soil of Egypt."

Archival Overview

Young Islamic theology student at Al-Azhar who assassinated General Jean-Baptiste Kléber, commander-in-chief of the French expedition in Egypt, in June 1800.

Biographical Record

A 23-year-old student of Islamic sciences at Al-Azhar in Cairo, Sulayman al-Halabi was outraged by the French bombardment of Cairo and the desecration of the Azhar Mosque by Napoleon's troops.

Disguised as a beggar seeking an audience, he stabbed General Kléber to death in the garden of his palace in Ezbekieh on June 14, 1800. Convicted by a French military court, his hand was burned off before he was impaled alive with extraordinary physical endurance, his skull kept in Paris for two centuries.

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Final Resting Place

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Tel el-Aqarib Cemetery
Cairo, Egypt

                         GPS: 30.0300, 31.2300                    

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