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File 3136/1914 Pt 4 ‘German War. Egyptian situation’ [‎327r] (658/744)

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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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-ger in ! ro .7 catin, viz, my cabin. At the same time the
Bash-reis asked me if it belonged to me. I said M yes w
because I began to suspect that the contents of the bag
were the explosives that I had heard about. I opened the
bag and found it was half full of packing material and on
probing it I found there were hard substances underneath.
I thought that if I said that the sack did not belong to
me it might be handed over to the ship’s captain and it
would then be discovered what the contents were, and an
accident might even occur. I did not know at this time
that the Bash-Reis had guilty knowledge of the contents
of the bag and therefore told him that there was nothing
in it. I then took it into my cabin to examine it and
found the two tin boxes which you seized. 'Whilst we were
still in thexDardanelles, as far as I can remember it was
the fourth day there, the Egyptian Officer came to me and
said in Arabic "Are you not the passenger occupying 1?°.7
cabin ?** X said "•Yes, Why ?" and he said "Have you
x'eceived the things?" (Wasal-lak el shay'') I replied "Was
it you who sent it to me ?" He said "Perhaps" (Yimhin")
I then said "What have such things to do with me ?".
He said "I cannot keep such things myself". I then asked
him who gave them to him. He replied "Eouad". I do not
know who this Eouad is exactly but it is possibly AhmaB
Eouad at Constantinople whom I have seen with the German
| official, and who is an intimate friend of Sheikh Aod-el-
1 Aziz Shawish according to all reports. He then tola me nis
name was Ahmad Hamuda and that he had fought against the
Italians in Tripoli. He showed me his card on which was
writtep "Ahmad Hamuda; Officer of the Egyptian Army". I do
not remember if the card bore his rank or not. I saw
Ahmad Hamuda Eff. after leaving Piraeus when he came and
asked me what I had done with the tin ooxes. I understood
from the way he put it, that he wanted to take them from me
but this is only an idea I had. I told him I had thrown

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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).

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1 volume (368 folios)
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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.

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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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