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Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers [224r] (450/473)
The record is made up of 1 file (237 folios). It was created in 15 May 1920-14 Oct 1921. 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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It was therefore decided largely on the advice of the
Prime Minister and the Sultan to postpone the departure
of the mission until the autumn. In the meantime Lord
Allenby had been confirmed in the office of High Commis
sioner in place of Sir B. Wingate who had resigned.
The Prime Minister, however, showed himself
increasingly opposed to the idea of the mission going at
all and whmit was finally decided to despatch it towards
the end of November, Mohamed Said
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
resigned office
and a new Ministry under Wahba
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was formed on
November 21st.
The Milner Mission arrived in Cairo at the
/
beginning of December and were met by a public boycot
which was carefully organised by the partisans of
Zaghloul
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
. In spite of the fact that the boycot
was maintained throughout their three months stay in
the country the members of the Mission were able to see
most of the leading Egyptians in private and to get into
touch with all sections of opinion and to accumulate
large quantities of evidence and material for a report. By
the end of February they had obtained all the information
available in Egypt and the Mission accordingly returned
to England, but before compiling their report they
determined, if possible, to get into touch with the
Nationalist Party headed by Zaghloul
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
who with his
colleagues was still in Paris conducting a campaign of
propaganda in Egypt, Europe and America against the
British occupation.
The Milner....
(3171) Wt. 22218—332 50,000 10/19
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J. T. & S., Ltd. 162 (REGIMINT)
J. T. & S., Ltd. 162 (REGIMINT.)
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The file contains official 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 file contains copies of reports of the Special Mission to Egypt (folios 1-7, 75-93, and 175-194), led by Lord Alfred Milner, whose purpose was to investigate and advise following the Egyptian Revolution of 1919. Much of the content of the file is in response to the findings and recommendations of the Mission and discusses the possibilities of a political settlement with Egypt.
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- 1 file (237 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 235; 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. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 76a.
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- Mss Eur F112/260
- Title
- Report of the Special Mission to Egypt under Lord Milner, and related papers
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 42r:50v, 53r:76v, 76ar:76av, 77r:140v, 143r:143v, 144ar, 144r:235v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence