'Egypt: The Soudan'

Content

The file contains printed copies of correspondence, memoranda, and a periodical concerning Egypt and the Sudan (often written as Soudan). The papers relate to the negotiations between Britain and Egypt over the status of Sudan following the end of the British Protectorate in Egypt. They include memoranda by Foreign Office officials, correspondence between Field Marshall Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby (the High Commissioner in Cairo), and Lord Curzon, and copies of The Near East which feature articles on Egypt and Sudan (folios 15-17).

Extent and format

1 file (16 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the back.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 18; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F112/264

History of this record

Date(s)

17 Jan 1923-14 Feb 1924 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Decolonization

Places

Sudan

People & organisations

High Commissioner, EgyptForeign Office

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