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File of printed papers marked 'Egyptian negotiation' between Curzon and Adly Pasha and the Egyptian delegation [67r] (133/178)
The record is made up of 1 file (87 folios). It was created in 13 Jul 1921-4 Jan 1923. 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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[This Dojoum en t is Ishe Pro per ty of H is B ritannic M aj esty’s feovegnmenM
CONFIDENTIAL.
EGYPTIAN NEGOTIATIONS.
[E 8849/7309/16]
The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston to Mr. Scott (Cairo).
(No. 923.)
Sir, Foreign Ojjice, August 24, 1921.
THE necessity of promulgating an Egyptian indemnity law before the existing
regime of martial law in Egypt can be terminated was indicated by Lord Allenby in his
despatch No. 503 of the 9th June and has formed the subject of unofficial conversations
with his Excellency Adly Yeghen
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
2. I consider that the time has now come when it is desirable that the Egyptian
Government should be invited officially to prepare a draft law which shall validate all
measures, legislative, administrative or judicial, taken under martial law, and all such
measures taken by the Egyptian Government from and after the outbreak of the
European war.
3. It is, of course, essential that this law should be effective before the Mixed
Courts, and the Egyptian Government will doubtless consider whether the draft law
will for this purpose require to be submitted to and approved by the Capitulatory
Powers, or whether the approval of the Mixed Court of Appeal under the terms of
article 12 of the Mixed Civil Code will be sufficient.
4. In view of the fact that British, as well as purely Egyptian, interests are
concerned in this matter, the law as drafted by the Egyptian Government will have to
be examined by my legal advisers, and it is therefore desirable that its preparation
should be commenced at an early date. You should therefore approach the Egyptian
Government and invite them to give their earnest consideration to the drafting of a
suitable text.
I am, &c.
CURZON OF KEDLESTON.
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The file contains correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to negotiations between the British and Egyptian governments over Egyptian independence. Most of the file consists of minutes of conferences that took place at the Foreign Office during July and August 1921. These conferences involved an Egyptian delegation, led by Sir Adly Yeghen [Yakan] Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , and the British, led by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord George Nathaniel Curzon. Matters covered in these meetings included: the termination of the British Protectorate, Britain's military presence, foreign relations, legislation, employment of foreign officials, financial and judicial control, Soudan [Sudan], the Suez Canal, communication rights, protection of minorities, retirement and compensation of British officials, and diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Also contained within the file are minutes by Ronald Charles Lindsay and John Murray, both Foreign Office officials, and correspondence between Curzon, Lindsay, Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , and Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, High Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan. These papers all concern matters covered by the negotiations.
Documents of note include a copy of the Report of the Special Mission to Egypt, dated 9 December 1920 (folios 4-23), and a memorandum on the political situation in Egypt by John Murray, dated 4 January 1923 (folios 74-87).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (87 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in rough chronological order, from the front to the rear. On the inside front cover is a manuscript index with a numbered list of the file's contents.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-87; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Mss Eur F112/261
- Title
- File of printed papers marked 'Egyptian negotiation' between Curzon and Adly Pasha and the Egyptian delegation
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:24v, 27r:40v, 46r:53v, 55r:59v, 62r:62v, 64r, 65r, 66r:67v, 71r:85v, 88r:88v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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