File 3136/1914 Pt 4 ‘German War. Egyptian situation’

Title:

File 3136/1914 Pt 4 ‘German War. Egyptian situation’

Creator:

Author: Philip Perceval Graves
Author: M Abbas Ali Baig
Author: Aga Khan III

Date:

1914/1915

Description:

Abstract: Papers relating to Britain’s position in Egypt at the beginning of the First World War. The papers cover: behind-the-scenes diplomatic negotiations between British Government officials and Arab and Muslim representatives; reports of anti-British or Egyptian-nationalist propaganda, much of which emanated from neutral Switzerland; and actions against British or Egyptian interests, undertaken by individuals associated with the German or Turkish Governments (Government officials, military officers, secret agents). Subjects covered include:The capture and interrogation of Robert Casimir Otto Mors, a German citizen who was a Lieutenant in the Alexandria City Police, and who had been recruited as a German secret agent with plans to coordinate a bombing campaign against British interests in Egypt. Papers include transcripts of interrogations and interviews with Mors (ff 315-323, ff 326-336).The activities and publications of the Club des Patriotes Egyptiens and its leader Dr M M Rifaat [Mansour Rifa’at], in Geneva, Switzerland. Papers include a pamphlet (in French) entitled L’Angleterre en decadence,published by the Club des Patriotes Egyptiens in July 1914, written by Professor L F Hoffmann, with a foreword by Rifaat (ff 250-280).A report entitled Turkish Military Preparations and Political Intrigues having an attack on Egypt as their object, written by Philip Perceval Graves, former Timescorrespondent in Constantinople (ff 189-206).Correspondence and reports relating to the situation in the western desert (Libyan desert), including a report entitled Notes on the Senussi Question, written by Wilfred Jennings Bramly, and letters exchanged between the British Government and Senussi leader El Sayed Ahmed El Sherif El Senussi [Ahmed Sharif As-Senussi] (ff 145-177).Correspondence exchanged between British Government officials and Aga Khan [Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III]. Papers include a note On the Situation in Egypt, co-authored by Aga Khan and M Abbas Ali Baig (ff 96-126).Correspondence regarding Egyptians living in Switzerland, who are regarded by the British Government as being ‘agitators’ (ff 37-46).Correspondence concerning an alleged plot to assassinate the Sultan of Egypt (ff 20-27).Principal correspondents include: the Counsellor of the British Embassy at Cairo (Milne Cheetham); the British Envoy to the Swiss Confederation (Evelyn Grant-Duff); the Foreign Office (Louis du Pan Mallet); Aga Khan III (Sultan Mohammad Shah).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 370; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Spies
Robert Casimir Otto Mors
Senussi (Tribe)
Club des Patriotes Egyptiens

Geographic region:

Switzerland
Libya
Egypt

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000167_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000167_en
IOR/L/PS/10/464
IOR/L/PS/10/464

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