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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [52r] (103/520)
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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SPcr-onr lly hr prefer an offer of ter 3 ; .ore li s-ral
than those proposed in Column A, in fact, approxin ting to
thooc ohevm in Colursn B to Be made; But he could not a aviso
on this point with confidence.
The view van expressed that a convention :r-c-' on the
clauses in Column 3 would Be preferable to that of Cola n A.
To offer the more liberal tense ' ould place us in a more
favourable lidht with the "ryptiana, the 3uslim world in
general and public opinion at hone. Islam was a-ainst us
in o.ll quarters of the world and it was important that our
relations with the lualim world should, be improved. Improved
relations -ith r-yptian rationalists would. Be a first step
towards the re-establishment of friendship with Islam.
The maintenance of order in -T-'pt was not a purely
military problem. It was possible that a general strike
night Be organised or a strike of Governments employees
which would throw the country into chaos. Such situ tion
could only Be contemplated with dismay. Egyptian
nationalism was a force which must Be reckoned wit . It
was in a large measure due to English ideas <-n.. n ,li
education, and we must endeavour to guide it into useful
channels. If a generous offer were now r.mde to • T’pt,
grave dangers might Be averted. Further the Government
vw-a comitte'• By the publication of the 'liner Report,
Which had Been greeted with almost universal approval By
the press. Public opinion expected concessions to be
offered to Egypt which would not fall far short of those
proposed in the Kilner Report. Our position in .• urope
■ was so strong that such concessions could not Be re;,nr cu
as weakness so long as we had troops on the spot o s'oul
hr-ve control over S.^ypt#
On the other hand it was pointed out th't r.r- the pro
posals in column 3 were no more likely to be accepted.
By Ac’.ly
pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
than those in column A, to oxfer .■•> oul.
or.lv v ;ie rr 4 i that re had uselessly recede concessions tea
Xt *'rxs nv .^'< 'ted th t tie cent
- 3 - course/
we wished tc avoid.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Open Government Licence