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Coll 15/4 'Internal Affairs: financial situation' [120v] (240/246)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 6 Oct 1937-18 Oct 1944. 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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8. King Farouk arrived punctually at 9 a.m., followed by the court officials
and the Cabinet. Speeches were read by Xahas
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and by the President of
the Senate, and His Majesty, who appeared quite self-possessed, then read the
oath. His Majesty’s quiet and dignified bearing created a favourable impression.
The ceremony terminated with prolonged applause.
9. Later in the morning His Majesty held his first levee at Abdin Palace,
when a very large number of Egyptian and foreign notables were received.
During the course of the levee the Minister of War, in the presence of senior
officers of the army, presented King Farouk with a field-marshal s baton.
10. In the afternoon the Queen-Mother held a reception for ladies at Abdin
Palace, and in the evening King Farouk made his first broadcast to the nation. A
copy of His Majestv’s broadcast is enclosed.
' 11. The same night His Majesty entertained his Ministers and a number
of leading foreign and Egyptian notabilities to a banquet at Abdin Palace. Some
1,500 guests were also invited to attend the subsequent soiree.
12. On the following day, Friday, His Majesty drove to El Rifai Mosque to
say his prayers and to visit his father s tomb. His Majesty then entertained the
ulema to lunch, and in the afternoon a large tea-party, to which some 5,000 guests
were invited, was held in the palace grounds. In the evening the Prime Minister
gave a banquet and a reception in His Majesty’s honour at Zafaaran Palace.
13. The celebrations in Cairo culminated in a military review, held at
7 -30 a.m. on the 31st July, when His Majesty reviewed his troops on the parade
ground at Abbassieh. About 6,000 troops of all arms were on parade. The light
tanks, field-guns and bridging equipment loaned by the British forces and the two
newly-acquired howitzers provided tangible evidence of the incipient modernisa
tion'of the army, and were well handled. Most impressive also, and most
picturesque, was the trot past of the Camel Corps of the Frontiers Administration
forces. The whole review was, indeed, a great success and a striking tribute to the
untiring efforts of the head of the British military mission and his staff.
14. His Majesty left Cairo on the 5th August for Alexandria, where a
further series of celebrations were held. On the afternoon of His Majesty’s
arrival a reception was held at Ras-el-Tin Palace, to which all the notables of
Alexandria were invited. In the evening His Majesty drove from Ras-el-Tin to
Montaza Palace through brilliantly lit streets lined with dense crowds. On the
following evening His Majesty attended a tatoo given by the Alexandria police in
the Municipal Stadium.
15. On all these occasions manifestations of popular enthusiasm have
marked His Majesty’s appearance in public. There can be little doubt that the
young King has caught the popular fancy. The policy inspired by the palace
entourage and by Ali Maher of showing the King to his subjects on every possible
occasion^ aided/no doubt, by the King’s youthful and pleasant bearing, has borne
fruit. The popular craving for hero-worship which brought such adulation to
ZaMdul. and later to Zaghlul’s successor, appears to be finding a new outlet in the
person of the young King, and in the process it would seem inevitable that the
leaders of the Wafd must temporarily suffer some eclipse of the outward
popularity which they have so long enjoyed.
I have, &c.
D. V. KELLY.
Enclosure.
Extract from the Journal officiel du Gouvernement egyytien of August 1, 1937.
Message de Sa Majeste le Roi a son Peuple bien-aime.
Mon Peuple bien-aime,
JE vous adresse mon salut le meilleur. Mon voeu eut ete de pouvoir serrer la
main a chacun d’entre vous pour vous exprimer a tous ma profonde gratitude et
mon immense affection, et vous dire combien j’apprecie I’amour sincere et le
parfait loyalisme que vous m’avez manifestes.
Je suis heureux, en assumant mes pouvoirs constitutionnels, de vous faire
part de ma ferme resolution de respecter la constitution et les lois de la nation
Igyptienne et de sauvegarder 1’independance de la patrie et Tintegrite de son
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and a booklet relating to the financial situation of the Egyptian Government and the process of fiscal reform.
Included in the file is:
- a copy (ff 20-90) of the booklet 'Projet de reforme du regime fiscal' published by the Egyptian Government, Ministry of Finance, Fiscal Commission
- a letter (ff 104-110) from the Financial Secretary of the Sudan Government on the impact of a reduction in subsidy by the Egyptian Government
The file features the following principal correspondents: HM Ambassador to Egypt and the Sudan (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Halifax); and the Financial Secretary, Sudan Government.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (121 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 123; 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. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence between ff 20-97.
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- Coll 15/4 'Internal Affairs: financial situation'
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- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:19v, 91r:121v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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