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The Commander
The Kerke's Commander (died 48 BCE) was an Egyptian commander who served during the reign of Ptolemy XIII.
Biography[]
The commander came to govern the village of Kerke in Atef-Pehu Nome some time during the 1st century BCE. He also had a daughter at some point who died some years prior to 48 BCE. When Kerke came to prosper as a result of the honey and opium trade, the Commander wanted a cut of the profits of the villagers. However, the villagers, including their leader, Meritmaat refused and resisted his demands. In order to get them to obey him, the Commander kidnapped and threatened the life Meritmaat's daughter, in an effort to get them to comply to his demands. Believing her daughter dead, Meritmaat was forced to give in to his Offer[1]
However, the Commander relented and decided to spare the life of Meritmaat's daughter, as it had reminded him of his own deceased daughter. He decided to raise the girl as his own, naming her Ipy and raising her in the city of Memphis, where he oversaw the opium trade. When Ipy grew up, he then fabricated the story that she had been abandoned as a child.[1]
In 48 BCE, the Medjay Bayek of Siwa hunted down the Commander to his Memphis home, and killed him, learning the truth of what had happened to Meritmaat's daughter.[1]
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