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Rewrote several sentences, simplified by making single sentences out of very long sentences. Added context, adding one reference regarding the 1840 liberation of Syria by the Austrians.
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The Christians were supported in their accusation by the French consul at Damascus, Ulysse de Ratti-Menton, a person described by historians as antisemitic and known to favour Christian merchants and advisers over their Jewish counterparts. Ratti-Menton ordered that an investigation be carried out in the Jewish quarter where both men had last been seen and encouraged the Egyptian governor of Damascus to act upon the matter, which resulted in the accused being imprisoned and interrogated under torture after which they confessed to the murder.
 
InAnti-Semitism theincreased. aftermath[[Muslims]] ofbecame the incidentviolent, Christianattacking andinnocent MuslimJewish violencepeople. against[[Christians]] thebecame violent, attacking innocent Jewish population increasedpeople. The affairThis drew widespread international attention, especially among. [[European jewry|European Jewry]]. Afterwere receiving a request fromhorrified. [[Moses Montefiore|Sir Moses Montefiore]] of Great Britain and [[Adolphe Crémieux]] of France were publicly outraged. In contrition, [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt|Muhammed 'Ali]] released the remaining prisoners. butYet, withoutbeing officiallya acquittingcoward, he was afraid to acquit them. InIt was not until November 1840, after the restoration of [[Ottoman Syria|Ottoman rule over Syria]], that Sultan [[Abdulmejid I|Sultan Abdülmecid I]] issueddecreed aall [[Firman|firmān]]charges (edict)should thatbe denounced blood libel chargeslifted.<ref name = ":0Petigger-A001">{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Ma'oz|first1=Moshe|year=2010|title=Damascus Affair (1840)|language=en|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill}}</ref>book
| last = Petran
| first = Tabitha
| date = 1972
| series = NATIONS OF THE MODERN WORLD
| title = SYRIA
| location = Uckfield, East Sussex, England
| publisher = BOOKS THAT MATTER
| page = 46
| chapter = Chapter 3: Leaven of Change
| isbn = 9780510389055
| url = https://archive.org/details/syria0000petr/page/46
| access-date = 2018-12-21
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