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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [‎253r] (505/520)

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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Objects of the Declaration
to Egypt,
The termination of the Protectorate,
which in the words of the invitation address
ed to the Sultan a year ago, was recognised
as no longer a satisfactory relationship in
which Egypt should continue to stand to this
country, has long been the aim of His
Majesty's Government,
But this object could only be achieved
if British imperial interests were fully
safeguarded. This Adly Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and his
colleagues were the first to admit, but the
difficulty of reconciling these interests
with Egyptian aspirations proved insuperable
during the negotiations last summer. At
the present moment there is no Egyptian
government who could go so far as to commit
their country to a treaty relationship
LL.
with Great Britain of a nature to afford as
adequate safeguards in these matters, and
His Majesty's Goverm.ent have therefore
determined to achieve their purpose hy uni
lateral action in precisely the same way as
the protectorate was originally declared.
In this course they enjoy the whole
hearted support of Lord Allenby and of the
British officials of all ranks in the
service of the Egyptian goverment, and
they are confident that their action will
equally/

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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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English and French in Latin script
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Typescript and printed cabinet papers and parliamentary papers on events in Egypt [‎253r] (505/520), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/262, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100077517246.0x00006a> [accessed 12 June 2026]

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