Talk:Ali Bey al-Abbasi

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In the spanish edition of Wikipedia states, under the title "Domingo Badía y Leblich" that he was actually sent by Manuel Godoy, first Minister under the rule of Carlos IV. In the english version of the article, it is said that Domingo Badia was a spy for Joseph Bonaparte. My impression is that the english version was written without too much care about the importance of this spanish citizen, who apparently was the first european to enter Mecca. I have read some of his works and are impressive. Depicts a very accurate vision of the muslim society of those times among other subjects, such as botanics, geography, geology, etc. Iaquil 19:18, 10 October 2006 (UTC)