(Signed) Houston Stewart.
R. C. Alderson.
Guarantee by the Seraskier, the Moustechar Effendi, and
Lieutenant-General Jochmus.
We, the Undersigned, upon the received declaration of his Excellency Menikli Ahmed Pacha and the other Egyptian Generals and Officers, to carry forthwith into execution the entire evacuation of Syria and the Desert, consent and promise faithfully to abstain from any hostile movement, according to the promise given by Commodore Stewart and Colonel Alderson, with the proviso that the forces at present near and at Gaza, march on El-Arish within seven days from this, embarking such men in transports as are sick, unfit for campaign, and unable to march according to Colonel Alderson’s judgment, and provided no movement is made by any Egyptian force at Gaza, east or northward.
Given under our hand and seal at the Imperial head-quarters of Jaffa, January 30, 1841.
(L.S.) Moustechar Effendi, Seraskier,
Jochmus, Lieutenant-General.
[64]. See Levant Papers, Part III., pp. 292, 301, 307, 366, 367.