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Correspondence with A J Balfour, Sir R Wingate, Lord Allenby, Lord Milner and others on Egypt [56r] (111/300)
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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the minds of the intriguing
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
class, that in the last
resort we could and would do without them. That convic
tion, for some reason or other, has been weakened of late
years. Hence the present troubles, which are simply a
"try on" on the part of the caste. The issue has now been
Joined, and ?/e have got & tout prix to show that their
original fear was right and their present presumption wrong.
Rushdi has gone and I hope we shall not for the moment
worry more about Rushdis. There will be plenty of them to
be had presently, if Allenby can get - as he soon will -
enough subordinate officials back to carry on, and maintain
order throughout the country. But the moment is a bad
one to announce a new move on our part. It looks as if we
were flustered, afraid of the situation created by the non
existence of an Egyptian Ministry and the naked assertion
of British authority, and felt that something must be done
at once to get us out of a hole.
I am as you know, a strong advocate of the Mission.
I think something must be done to put Egyptian administra
tion on a better permanent basis in view of the new
conditions. That is the business of the Mission, to lay
the foundations of a new system of Government. But it
must be kept quite clear of the present crisis. It cannot
even begin its work till the crisis is over, although,
no doubt, it was the present trouble which called our
attention to the necessity of overhauling the Government of
Egypt.
But if it is announced at this moment that we are
sending out a Mission in hot haste, the two things:
A. Restoration of order and,
manifestation of our
power to govern
Allenby
and
B. Cool-headed reconstruc- )
tion of normal system of) Mission
Government
will
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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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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
- 35r:53v, 55r:58v, 70r:73v, 76r:77v, 93r:93v
- Author
- Milner, Alfred
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