Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin, who had stayed in…

Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin, who had stayed in Egypt two years, involved in a futile canal project and in search of the Woman Messiah, might have entered Muhammad Ali's service had he professed himself, as several of his followers did, a Muslim.

On his return to France, he occupies minor offices, initially that of a postmaster near Lyon.