Niqula Nicolas Yusuf al-Turk (1763–1828) was a scholar, historian, and poet at the court of AmirBashir Shihab II.^[1] He was born inDayr al-Qamar (in modern-day Lebanon).^[2] OfGreek descent,^[3] he accompaniedNapoleon'sexpedition in Egypt and wrote an account of it, which was translated in French by Desgranges asHistoire de l'expédition des Français en Égypte (published in 1839).^[2]Gaston Wiet has published his memoirs asChronique d'Égypte, 1798–1804. Al-Turk died, blind, in Dayr al-Qamar.^[2]

His daughter,Warda al Turk (1797–1873), was also a poet.

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