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File 3136/1914 Pt 7 ‘German War. Turkey. Situation in Egypt &c.’ [110r] (224/256)
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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the Believers has spoken thus: "Vanquishing the infidels,
they fight in the path of God and fear not the reproach
of ny ? Surely your opportunity is come: see that you
do not lose it, for thereby shame and disgrace would
be registered in history against your generation and you
would do posterity an everlasting wrong. Do not become
separated, but stand firmly together. Take a warning from
the fate of Albania. She fell into the hands of plunderers
after other nations of Europe had deluded her into dreams
of independence in order that they might separate her
from the Imperial Ottoman Government, the protector of
Muslim communities; and now Albania repents when repentance
is of no avail. f
You submit to the laws of the English and obey their
commands and prohibitions, thereby disobeying your Koran
which charges you to obey no one acicept God and his Apostle
and those who are placed over you in legitimate authority.
You are far too meek and submissive; in the matter of your
country's wealth and your own favours you make too many
concessions to those tyrants. They reward you by despising
your advances and holding you in contempt, believing you
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weak spirited. Though you are their neighbours you are
strangers in your native land and suffer humiliation by
your own firesides. Have you never pondered on the word
of God: "Grieve not nor despair, for ye shall be exalted?"
Do you doubt the word of God who is the most true Speaker,
or do you suspect the promise of Him who is the most cer
tain to fulfil? Have you forgotten the horrors of
Dunshuwa and what these cruel tyrants did there to old
bowed men and innocent boys? Have you forgotten the days
when they seized your free brethren and cast them into
dungeons, there to suffer the agonies of death? I marvel
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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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