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File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’ [76r] (156/256)
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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and submission. Where are you, People of the Koran?
Come for our support; rise up, and break our chains.
l£-Q.ur brethren, the Respected Arabs.
!• This is a copy of a letter, received from a
notable in Egypt, which he submitted on behalf of all
the Egyptians who are now moaning under the oppression
of the English, the enemies of the Illustrious Moslem
Eaith. We publish it as it came, without adding one
word to it. We publish it in order to acquaint all
Moslems of the suffering of their brothers in Egypt.
Where are those in whose veins flows noble blood?
Take up arms, and rise up like lions, to rescue your
brother Egyptians from the talons of the English
Monster!
Hereby our brethren in faith cry out for our
help. Let us go to their help. Let us say in our
voice •We are ready, oh Moslems of Egypt! We are
coming, fear no evil." Oh! Moslems, only think of
the oppression of that frustrated nation; how they
oppress and ill-treat El Islam; how they rape the
women. Can any man, who has a spark of faith in his
heart, hear of those atrocities, and fail to burn with
religious zeal, and Moslem valour, and rise up to
break the chains of our brethren the Egyptians?
Yes! We will rise up, and God will be with us,
and will give us victory over those infidels, and with
the help of God, the Moslem flag and Ottoman Crescent
will be hoisted over Egypt.
2. Amongst other things which show the atrocities
and savage nature of the English, is the information
*■
given to us by our messenger that an English force
came
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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
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- File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’
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- 73r:77v
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