For the festivities celebrating the arrival in Egypt of the firman granting these provinces to Mehmed Ali and his son, see Sāmī, ed., Taqwīm al-Nīl, II, p. 412, letter dated 19 Z 1248/9 May 1833 and ibid., p. 413, letter dated 10 M 1249/30 May 1833.

XREF: Connects to loc 59 on pasha reception rituals staging power through deliberate spectacle — both concern ceremonial display of authority.

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 388