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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [24r] (47/300)
The record is made up of 1 file (150 folios). It was created in 12 Dec 1918-13 Mar 1920. 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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/
si GREAT CUMBERLAND PLACE
LONDON. W. E5th March 1919
Yoirr Excellency
I heg to describe the events which
led up to your interview with Saad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Zaghloul at the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
.
I was in the Reading Room of the
MOHAMMBD ALY Club, Cairo, when Saad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Zaghloul came up
and requested me to arrange an interviev/ for him with Your
Excellency. I at once asked Saad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Zaghloul his reason
for desiring an interview - he ansv/ered in French - T, I wish
to introduce two friends of mine, Abdel Aziz Fahmi Bey and
Sharawi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to His Excellency.” knowing these two gentle-
-men to hold Nationalist ideas I then realized Saad Zaghloul
might possibly in the course of his interview express the
desires of the Egyptian Nationalist Party in regard to the
future administration of Egypt. 'Then I returned to the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
I immediately told Your Excellency’s Private
Secretary, Mr.Keown-Boyd, that Saad Zaghloul had applied
through me for an interviev/ with you and I asked Mr. Meown-
Boyd to consider the application and inform Saad Zaghloul
should the interviev/ be desirable.
I understood that Mr.Meown-Boyd, after
consulting Sir Milne Cheetham, who concurred, and yourself,
informed Saad Zaghloul that Your Excellency v/ould be
pleased to see him.
. Captain
A. D. C
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The file contains official and private correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to political affairs in Egypt. The correspondents and authors are officials at the Foreign Office (Lord Curzon was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the time), War Office, Air Ministry, Admiralty, Colonial Office, Board of Trade, Board of Education, as well as those within the Egyptian civil service.
The papers discuss the situation in Egypt following unrest by nationalists in 1919, including how to respond to the crisis, accounts of events on the ground, and plans to form a special mission to investigate the causes and propose solutions. Several pages of Curzon's manuscript notes are contained in the file.
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- 1 file (150 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 150, 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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- Mss Eur F112/259
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- Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt
- Pages
- 24r:24v
- Author
- Alexander, Sir James Ulick Francis Canning
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