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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [32r] (63/520)
The record is made up of 1 file (260 folios). It was created in 10 Jul 1921-27 Feb 1922. 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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On the cutbreek of trouble he proposed th,°t one blsck
battalion should V- moved from the Soudan to Assouan tc
protect the Dam and the Europeans in that locality.
Lefence Schemes v;ore in existence for the I.elta and, so far
• s possible for U. per Sgypt ^/hich rovided for tho protection
of .hiropoans; but it would net be possible to protect
mroooans in isolated districts; especially in Upper Sgypt.
Llobile columns r^ould at once be organised to operate in the
Delta; and all motor cars and bicycles would be requisitioned.
Upper ”gypt f in the first instance, might have to be left tc
itself. If tho ?rhole population of Dgy t were hostile, and
if the Egyptian Army sided with them, a contingency which he
did not consider probable, he considered that two Divisions
(24 battalions) might be required to restore order. ''*• On the
other hand ho laid before the Committee a telegram, dated
22/10/21, from General Congreve to the Chief of tho Imperial
General Staff (printed as Appendix II to these minutes),
in v/hich General Congreve stated that in the event of a rising
similar to that of 1919, he would require 2 Brigades in addition
to the present garrison in order to hold Bgynt as well as
the assistance of the Hoyal Davy.
DOBD ADB'iDBY, continuing, said that if the negotiations
broke derm, the followers of Zaghlul would become excited.,
and Zaghlul would probably make some movement which would
justify his arrest and banishment.. If the British Government
showed firmness, Zaghlul 1 s arrest would have a very good
effect. Mth assured support from Kis I.Iajosty's Government
a moderate Government oould be formed which would maintain
itself, with tho support of the British Army. That hnd been
tho position after the rising of 1919 had boon suppressed
by British troops. The country was tranquil until lord
Milner resuscitated Zaghlul, v.*ho at that time was moribund.
Zaghlul had seized on the opportunity to ma.:e extreme dem nds
and had succeeded in a large measure in ro-ost.°blishing
his influence in the c^untr^.
TOBD/
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and other papers concerning the political situation in Egypt and negotiations between the British Government and an Egyptian delegation for the end of the British Protectorate in Egypt. The papers cover the effort to come to an agreement on future relations between the two parties following negotiations in the summer of 1921 and up until Britain's unilateral declaration of the end of the protectorate in February 1922.
The majority of the memoranda is written by Foreign Office officials, including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Curzon. Records of meetings of the Cabinet and a sub-committee on the Egyptian situation, and of a few high-level gatherings at 10 Downing Street, make up a substantial part of the file. There is also a large amount of correspondence between Curzon and Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, High Commissioner of Egypt, on the question of Egyptian independence and events in Egypt. Other papers include printed collections relating to the Egyptian situation that were presented to Parliament.
At the back of the file is a chronological summary and a résumé of events in Egypt since the publication of the report of the Milner Mission to Egypt (folios 238-260).
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- 1 file (260 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 260; 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 1-260; 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 F112/262
- Title
- Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt
- Pages
- 1r:1v, 4r:5v, 8r:9v, 11r:19v, 23r:44v, 49r:260v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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