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File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’ [107r] (218/256)
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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6.
built except on these foundations, it does not depsnd on
the building of cssinos »nd theatres, the laying out of
streots, the planning of squares, and pleasure gardens like
the Lunar Park where morals are corrupted and the chastity
of women and youths is destroyed, and ai] kinds of vice
and iniquity is practised as I am sure you know perfectly
well. Before the hated occupation you went about in
freedom and happiness; you were the lords of your country
an>i the owners of your fields; you were not then burdened
with debts or a prey to money-lenders. But how do you
find yourselves to—day? The banks have eaten up your
wealth and property and bent your backs under a load of
interest. British policy has condemned many of your
leaders and mighty men to sad distress and perpetual
poverty. This is the virtue of those baneful laws which
the new government lays down to the injury of the native
population. Your wealth is taken away and dispersed among
usurers and foreign owners in order that you, having become
impoverished, may be the more easily seduced and humbled.
You are become a morsel in the mouths of men and a target
for the contempt of foreigners. The English have granted
you immoral license with the result that you have lost
authority in your homes and have no power to protect your
household and defend your daughters. Time was when each
one of you would have battled for the honour of his house
and family like lions for their lairs. But now the
cloistered virgin slips from her father's hands, seduced
by promoters of crime and corruption to haunt houses of
evil fame, and the poor father whose happiness has been
ruined and his life embittered by this so-called English
freedom may do nothing but look at his hands and weep and
endure
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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
- Title
- File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’
- Pages
- 102r:115v, 87r:99v
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