File 3136/1914 Pt 4 ‘German War. Egyptian situation’ [23r] (50/744)
The record is made up of 1 volume (368 folios). It was created in 1914-1915. 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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¥&* &$rlmv of the Interior
the
Oomuio&iomt,
I have the heneur te report, in continuaties of egr
note of the Uth ultimo, that no effort hae been spared by
the Police in endeavouring to brine to Justice the perpeV
raters of the attenapt which mo made upon the life of His
Highness the sultan on July the tth.
A very large number of perquisitions and arrests have
been effected and* at the present moment* nine persons are
maintained under arrest* seven of whom will probably be
brought before the military Tribunal which the general Of
ficer Cexsfiiaiidint is appointing to try the cose*
The immess of these seven persons are as follows 2 -
{%) iohsmed iieguib el Hel^wy,
(>) fcohamod Sheswseddin.
(A) ^ohamod far id.
( 4 ) Jr. Ahmed Sadeh.
( 5 ) .bftlMSMl Bnayat.
(d) shefih lansur.
{7} Dr. Abdel fetch Yuseef.
lies (1) and (E) have been recognised by various wit
nesses as hating been concerned In the negotiations for
hiring the o^ty house from which the bomb wms thrown, and
iro.(h) has finally, after a weeh f s strenuous denial of
having visited Alexandria this year, confessed, in the face
of everwhelisiiig proof, that he teeh the house find ci^n&d
the contract for it* The Case against the^e two ?.\en is.
I think, a clear one, but the coiinection of the others ar
rested with the actual attempt has been more difficult to
establish, although the whole seven are certainly members
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Papers relating to Britain’s position in Egypt at the beginning of the First World War. The papers cover: behind-the-scenes diplomatic negotiations between British Government officials and Arab and Muslim representatives; reports of anti-British or Egyptian-nationalist propaganda, much of which emanated from neutral Switzerland; and actions against British or Egyptian interests, undertaken by individuals associated with the German or Turkish Governments (Government officials, military officers, secret agents). Subjects covered include:
- The capture and interrogation of Robert Casimir Otto Mors, a German citizen who was a Lieutenant in the Alexandria City Police, and who had been recruited as a German secret agent with plans to coordinate a bombing campaign against British interests in Egypt. Papers include transcripts of interrogations and interviews with Mors (ff 315-323, ff 326-336).
- The activities and publications of the Club des Patriotes Egyptiens and its leader Dr M M Rifaat [Mansour Rifa’at], in Geneva, Switzerland. Papers include a pamphlet (in French) entitled L’Angleterre en decadence, published by the Club des Patriotes Egyptiens in July 1914, written by Professor L F Hoffmann, with a foreword by Rifaat (ff 250-280).
- A report entitled Turkish Military Preparations and Political Intrigues having an attack on Egypt as their object , written by Philip Perceval Graves, former Times correspondent in Constantinople (ff 189-206).
- Correspondence and reports relating to the situation in the western desert (Libyan desert), including a report entitled Notes on the Senussi Question , written by Wilfred Jennings Bramly, and letters exchanged between the British Government and Senussi leader El Sayed Ahmed El Sherif El Senussi [Ahmed Sharif As-Senussi] (ff 145-177).
- Correspondence exchanged between British Government officials and Aga Khan [Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III]. Papers include a note On the Situation in Egypt , co-authored by Aga Khan and M Abbas Ali Baig (ff 96-126).
- Correspondence regarding Egyptians living in Switzerland, who are regarded by the British Government as being ‘agitators’ (ff 37-46).
- Correspondence concerning an alleged plot to assassinate the Sultan of Egypt (ff 20-27).
Principal correspondents include: the Counsellor of the British Embassy at Cairo (Milne Cheetham); the British Envoy to the Swiss Confederation (Evelyn Grant-Duff); the Foreign Office (Louis du Pan Mallet); Aga Khan III (Sultan Mohammad Shah).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (368 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.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 370; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- File 3136/1914 Pt 4 ‘German War. Egyptian situation’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:54v, 56r:57v, 61r:73v, 78r:95v, 127v, 130r:156v, 164r:176v, 178r:181v, 185r:188v, 207r:222v, 225r:254v, 281r:294v, 295v:298v, 306r:314v, 324r:325v, 337r:369v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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