1st Edition

British Pro-Consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929 The Challenge of Nationalism

By C. W. R. Long Copyright 2005
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

With World War I and Egypt's colourful politics as background, C.W.R. Long tells the story of four proconsuls (McMahon, Wingate, Allenby and Lloyd), their principal opponent, Sa'ad Zaghul, and the great events of the time: the rise of the Wafd party, the uprising of 1919, the murder of Sir Lee Stack and the Allenby ultimatum. He sheds new light on the strife of members of the High Commission... Read more
List of Abbreviations  Introduction  Part 1: McMahon  1. Let Everything Slide  2. Treated in a Disgusting Way  Part 2: Wingate  3. All this Rush of War Work  4. Fullest Confidence in You  5. Not Perhaps a Very Clever Man  6. There Seems Some Faulty Staff Work Here  7. I Can Do No Nore Than Thank You  8. Unequipped Personally  Part 3: Allenby  9. A Man of No Principles  10. Treated Very Scurvily  Part 4: Baron Lloyd  11. Arch-Champion of British Firmness  12. Rather Severe Language  13. A Very Serious Misapprehension  14. Something of a Danger  Part 5: Postscript  Appendix 1: Sa'ad Zaghlul  Appendix 2: Egyptian Personalities  Appendix 3: British Personalities  Bibliography  Index

Biography

C.W.R. Long is a full-time writer on Arab world topics. After Lancaster Royal Grammar School and National Service, he studied Arabic and Persian at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, and Turkish at McGill University, Montreal. In the 1990s he directed Islamic Studies at Newcastle University, taught at Durham University and travelled regularly to the Middle East.