Great Britain in EgyptA history of the relationship between Britain and Egypt from the time of Ismail Pasha until the 1920s. The author was able to have access to unpublished official documents, private diaries, letters, and notes. He also was able to interview some people who had taken part in the events described. Appendix I contains excerpts from Lord Dufferin's private diary pertaining to his plan for the reorganization of Egypt. This is compared side-by-side with Ahmed Arabi's memorandum on Egyptian reform. Appendix II is Egypt's Declaration of Independence on February 28, 1922. Appendix III is the draft treaty between Egypt and England of 1927-28, which had not been finalized at the time of the book's printing. |
Contents
THE BRITISH OCCUPATION ΙΟΙ | 101 |
LORD CROMER IN EGYPT | 122 |
LORD CROMER AND HIS SUCCESSORS VIII THE SUDAN | 153 |
1 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action administration affairs Alexandria Anglo-Egyptian Arabi movement attitude authority became Britain British Government British occupation British officials Cairo carried Chérif Pasha Circassian co-operation corvée Council Debt declared Dervish Egypt Egyptian army Egyptian Government Egyptian Nationalism Egyptian officers England European fact favour fellah fellahin force foreign France French Government further hand High Commissioner influence interests intervention irrigation Ismail Khartum Khedive Khedive's King land Legislative Lord Allenby Lord Cromer Lord Dufferin Lord Granville Lord Kitchener Lord Lloyd Majesty Majesty's Government matter Mehemet Mehemet Ali ment military Ministry Moslem Mudirs Nationalist necessary negotiations Nile Palace party political Porte position Powers present Prime Minister proposed Protectorate question railway realized reform regarded result Riaz Riaz Pasha Sarwat Pasha Sheikh Sir Edward Malet situation success Sudan Suez Canal Sultan taxes Tewfik tion Treaty troops Turkey Turkish village Wadi Halfa Wafd Zaghlul Pasha