Claude Alexandre, Comte de, known afterwards as Achmet Pasha, was descended from an illustrious family of Limousin, and was born July 14, 1675. He entered at the age of sixteen into the service of the crown, and married the daughter of Marshal de Birou. He distinguished himself at the combats of Dieppe, La Hogue, and Cadiz; and he made the campaign of Flanders in 1690. He soon after left the French army, and, entering into the imperial service under Prince Eugene, signalized himself greatly on several occasions, particularly at the battle of Peterwardin, where the victory was due in a great measure to his intrepidity. The intrigues of the Marquis de Préc, however, ruined his credit at the court of Vienna, and caused him to be banished the empire. He then offered his services to the republic of Venice and to Russia; and these being declined in both instances, his next tender was to the Sultan, who gladly received him. It was stipulated that he should have a body of 30,000 men at his disposal; that a government should be conferred on him, with the rank of pasha of three tails, and a salary of 10,000 aspers a-day; and that, in the event of war, he should be commander-in-chief. The first expedition he engaged in after his arrival at Constantinople, was to quell an insurrection in Arabia Petraea, which he happily effected. On his return he had large offers made him by Kouli Khan, which, however, he did not choose to accept. Some time after, he commanded the Turkish army against the emperor, over whose forces he gained a victory on the banks of the Danube. Bonneval afterwards fell into disgrace, and notwithstanding his ser- vices, was first imprisoned, and then banished to the island of Chio. The sultan, however, continued his friend; and, the evening before his departure, made him pasha of the Archipelago, which, with his former appointment of beq- liebey of Arabia, rendered him one of the most powerful persons in the Ottoman empire. In this island he found a retirement quite agreeable to his wishes, but was soon re- called, and made topadgée or master of the ordnance, a post of great honour and profit. He died in 1747. Doubts have been thrown on the genuineness of the Mémoires du Comte de Bonneval, purporting to be his autobiography.