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Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | Emigration and immigration sources list the names of people leaving (emigrating) or arriving (immigrating) in the country. These sources may be passenger lists, permissions to emigrate, or records of passports issued. The information in these records may include the emigrants’ names, ages, occupations, destinations, and places of origin or birthplaces. Sometimes they also show family groups. | ||
==Immigration into Egypt== | ==Immigration into Egypt== | ||
''' | *Egypt was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1517, after which it became a province of the Ottoman Empire. | ||
*The '''Albanian community''' in Egypt began with '''government officials and military personnel''' appointed in '''Ottoman Egypt'''. A substantial community would grow up later by soldiers and mercenaries who settled in the second half of the 18th century and made a name for themselves in the Ottoman struggle to expel French troops in 1798–1801. | |||
==Emigration From Egypt== | ==Emigration From Egypt== | ||