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File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’ [105r] (214/256)
The record is made up of 1 volume (124 folios). It was created in 9 Nov 1914-30 Mar 1918. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the 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. .
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4.
Therg you win find t,h 9 blight of oppression «nd
grinding tyrsnny, the heirs of glory enslaved, the sons of
chieftains in bondage. I doubt not that our brothers in
India are this day prepared to spring, ere ready to seize
the opportunity which time may never again bestow, i
can upon my brethren the Egyptians at this critical
moment which the Lord has ordained for the rescue of their
l^nd from those manifest enemies.
Brothers, you hsve been in the toils of the English
^ccup^tion more then 30 ye^rs *nd whet is the result?
’Then the Pnglish landed in your country you were enjoying
freedom and constitutional government. Their first act of
oppression was to take away this privilege and abolish your
tribunals established by popular vote. Your native manu
factures were flourishing and prospering in all markets,
but the English made ceaseless war on this the staple of
your life and source of your subsistence, till at length
your manufactures stopped, unemployment increased, and you
became dependent on foreign countries for the most paltry
manufactures ^nd simplest textiles. Before that baneful
occupation, your country was full of good things, abound
ing in fruits, supplying many nations with the produce of
its soil - wheat, barley, maize and beans; but the invaders
went on deceiving you and cajoling you to make a change,
not at all from love of you or the desire to help or
enrich you; their aim was to make the whole of agricultural
Egypt tributary to their factories and workshops. They
claim to be doing you a favour by putting your finances
in good order, but all the good of it returns to their own
pockets by way of official salaries and employees wages
and in
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Papers concerning Britain’s declaration of Egypt as a British Protectorate in November 1914. The volume includes:
- Correspondence relating to Britain’s annexation of Cyprus in November 1914, and the status of Cypriots and Egyptians in Cyprus as British subjects (ff 120-125).
- Papers concerning the status of Egyptians as British subjects (ff 116-119, ff 78-83), including Foreign Office guidance on the new Egyptian Nationality Law, dated 9 June 1915 (f 83).
- Copies of two proclamations (undated, both translations in English) addressed to the ‘People of Egypt’ (ff 102-115, ff 87-99), one of which claims to have been authored by the Senoussi [Senussi]. The proclamations are responses to Britain’s declaration of Egypt as a British protectorate.
- Translated documents taken from prisoners on patrols of the Bir Mahadat [Bi’r al Mahdāt], which are anti-British in rhetoric (ff 73-77).
- A copy of an intercepted letter (in French), dated 26 December 1915, addressed to Mohammed Farid Bey [Muḥammad Farīd], and presumed by British intelligence officials to have been written by Abdul Aziz Shawish [‘Abd al-‘Azīz Shāwīsh] (ff 61-65).
- Secret reports from MI1 (Military Intelligence, Section 1), reporting intelligence relating to Egypt, Turkey and Germany (ff 47-58).
- Papers reporting on the movements and actions in 1917 of the ex-Khedive of Egypt [‘Abbās Ḥilmī Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ], including his relations with Turkish officials (ff 5-36).
The volume’s principal correspondents are: the British Ambassador at Berne, Switzerland (Evelyn Mountstuart Grant Duff, Horace George Montagu Rumbold); the Foreign Office (chiefly Ralph Spencer Paget); the 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. (Arthur Hirtzel, John Evelyn Shuckburgh).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (124 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3136 (German War) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/462-467. The volumes are divided into 6 parts, with each part comprising one volume. The part numbers are: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. There is no part 3.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 126; 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.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/467
- Title
- File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’
- Pages
- 102r:115v, 87r:99v
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