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File of printed papers marked 'Egyptian negotiation' between Curzon and Adly Pasha and the Egyptian delegation [‎69r] (137/178)

The record is made up of 1 file (87 folios). It was created in 13 Jul 1921-4 Jan 1923. It was written in English. 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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Schedule.
(a.) Proclamations of the 15th April and
of the 6th August, 1919, making provision
for the trial of suits formerly within the
jurisdiction of the German and Austrian
Consular Courts.
(b.) Proclamations as to enemy property
in Egypt of the 31st July, 1916, sections
5, 8 and 10-30, and the 9th October, 1916.
Proclamations as to the property of the
ex-Khedive of the 4th January, 1919, and
the 24th November, 1920.
Proclamation of the 9th March, 1920,
enforcing certain provisions of the Treaty
of Peace with Germany.
Proclamation of the 25th November,
1920, enforcing certain provisions of the
Treaty of Peace with Austria.
Proclamation of the 18th May, 1921,
•enforcing certain provisions of the Treaty
of Peace with Bulgaria.
(c.) Proclamations of the 15th October,
1919, and the 24th January, 1921, with
drawing certain claims for loss or damage
resulting from disturbances from the juris
diction of the mixed tribunals.
(d.) Proclamation of the 17th May, 1919,
as to the suspension of periods of prescrip
tion or peremption
(e.) Proclamations of the 23rd Septem
ber, 1915, the 22nd May, 1918, and the
16th February, 1921, as to the imposition
of Ghaffir Cess.
(/.) Proclamation of the 21st February,
1921, as to the limitation of house-rents.
(f/.) The notice published in the Official
Journal of the 13th March, 1915, and the
notices of the 10th April, 1915, the 8th
March, 1916, and the 15th November,
1917, appointing a Controller of the
Dairas of Her Highness the Khedivah-
Mother and of the Princes therein
mentioned.
(a.) To remain in force until it shall be
otherwise determined by treaty or
legislation.
(b.) To remain in force until the com
pletion of the liquidation or sale of all
properties coming into the hands of the
public custodian of enemy property in
Egypt under the said proclamations
respectively, and the final disposal of all
proceeds of such liquidation or sale.
The power to remove the public cus
todian and appoint a successor is vested in
His Britannic Majesty’s representative in
Egypt-
The office of licensing officer is abolished
and all powers conferred upon that officer
in the proclamations remaining in force
shall be vested in His Britannic Majesty’s
representative in Egypt.
(e.) To be continued in force until it
shall be otherwise determined by legislation
applicable to all householders in Egypt.
(g.) To be continued in force until the
ratification of a treaty of peace between
His British Majesty’s Government and
Turkey.

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The file contains correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to negotiations between the British and Egyptian governments over Egyptian independence. Most of the file consists of minutes of conferences that took place at the Foreign Office during July and August 1921. These conferences involved an Egyptian delegation, led by Sir Adly Yeghen [Yakan] Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , and the British, led by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord George Nathaniel Curzon. Matters covered in these meetings included: the termination of the British Protectorate, Britain's military presence, foreign relations, legislation, employment of foreign officials, financial and judicial control, Soudan [Sudan], the Suez Canal, communication rights, protection of minorities, retirement and compensation of British officials, and diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Also contained within the file are minutes by Ronald Charles Lindsay and John Murray, both Foreign Office officials, and correspondence between Curzon, Lindsay, Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , and Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan. These papers all concern matters covered by the negotiations.

Documents of note include a copy of the Report of the Special Mission to Egypt, dated 9 December 1920 (folios 4-23), and a memorandum on the political situation in Egypt by John Murray, dated 4 January 1923 (folios 74-87).

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1 file (87 folios)
Arrangement

The file is arranged in rough chronological order, from the front to the rear. On the inside front cover is a manuscript index with a numbered list of the file's contents.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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 2-87; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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

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