The Egyptian child named by the French historian Vivian Dennon and General Desie by the world's youngest boy
The story took place in a small village called Al-Faqa'i, located in the governorate of Beni Suef, where General Dizeh was stationed until he reached a range of artillery to complete the invasion of Upper Egypt. It happened that one night the eyes of Dizah were missing a number of weapons from the camp. Guard and observation in the camp.
During the surveillance, a young boy named Abd al-Sattar Adam, aged 12, was spotted sneaking into the camp at night and collecting what he could carry with guns to give to the popular resistance. He was chased by a French soldier until he was hit by the sword in his arm and his family. Desie heard the boy's order and asked him to be questioned, asking:
Did not the weapons of the French army steal?
- because they are weapons of my enemies and my enemies.
And who incited you to this crime? - God inspired me to do what I did.
Do you know that your punishment is hanging? - Head dunk and cut it.
Desie wanted to test the courage of the boy and ordered his execution, and here the metal of the boy appeared and he did not weep and did not cry and did not ask forgiveness, but raised his head to heaven and mumbled some verses of the Koran. Desie was impressed by the boy's attitude and steadfastness. He replaced the execution with 30 lashes, which the boy carried and did not dislike.
After the end of the skin rule, he said to him: "My son, I will write in my report today that I met the most courageous boy in Upper Egypt, but the most courageous boy in the whole world.
"I offered him to take him and promise him a happy future," said Musio Vivienne Denon in his book The Journey of the Upper Face and Upper Egypt during the War of General Bonaparte. He said: "I will kill you for killing me.