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File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’ [109r] (222/256)
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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8.
you live ss strangers to one another, as if you had not
a religion founded on the divine Unity, as if you were
not bound together by a common nationality, whose watchword
is '’There is One God".
The English send among you missionaries of the Cross
preaching Christianity. They take them under their wing
and protect them by word and deed, at the same time inciting
them against the Muslims and urging them to attack the
true religion; consequently none of these missionaries
hesitate to stand up in this Muslim country and, in the
midst of a Muhammadan company, blaspheme the Prophet of
God as they wish, and revile the noble Koran to their
hearts' content. This done, they wil] actually try to
win over followers of the One God and His Omniscient word
to the teaching of their falsified Torah and their garbled
Gospels full of shallow and nonsensical stories. Prom
those offensive missionaries you endure all kinds of
slander and ridicule, insult and obscenity, but are you
able to redress those wrongs either by physical force or
words of remonstrance? You know well that the cause of
your impotence is your submission to a government which is
Muhammadan in outward form but a Christian and alien thing
at heart. Why then will you not vindicate your religion
and defend your Koran from injustice? what should restrain
you from combating these liars and getting to grips with
the infidels? What strength and might are you preparing
against them in accordance with the word of God. "And
prepare ye against them the utmost of your strength, and
if ye have horses, affright the enemy of God and your
enemy with them". How can you submit to them and give
them the management of your affairs, when God, describing
the
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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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- 102r:115v, 87r:99v
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