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... English Consul- General predicts the end of the “ Affair The approaching crisis . . . . . Difficulties of the Viceroy's position . Beginning of work on the canal , April 25 , 1859 The Porte intervenes at England's behest . The vizirial ...
... English Consul- General predicts the end of the “ Affair The approaching crisis . . . . . Difficulties of the Viceroy's position . Beginning of work on the canal , April 25 , 1859 The Porte intervenes at England's behest . The vizirial ...
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... English ambassadors.1 As compared with France , England was slow to interest herself in Egypt . She maintained no regular agent there and was seldom in a position to dispute French commercial supremacy in the Levant . Indeed , for a ...
... English ambassadors.1 As compared with France , England was slow to interest herself in Egypt . She maintained no regular agent there and was seldom in a position to dispute French commercial supremacy in the Levant . Indeed , for a ...
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... English hoped to establish a preponderant position in the country . As they watched the rising power of Mehemet Ali they sought to win him over ... English interest in the Suez route English intrigues in Egypt Development of steam navigation.
... English hoped to establish a preponderant position in the country . As they watched the rising power of Mehemet Ali they sought to win him over ... English interest in the Suez route English intrigues in Egypt Development of steam navigation.
Contents
CHAPTER I | 23 |
The Canal of Ptolemy II | 30 |
Writings of private individuals in France concerning Egypt | 34 |
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¹ Ibid affair agreement Alex Alexandria April attitude Austrian Bagdad Railway Britain British Government Bulwer to Russell Buol Cairo Cape route commerce Company concerning Concession Const Constantinople construction Convention Cromer declared Drouyn de Lhuys Duc Decazes East Egypt Égypte Egyptian Government England English Europe European Ferdinand de Lesseps force Foreign France French Government Freycinet German Grand Vizir Granville HHSA India interest Isthmus J. C. T. Roux July June Khedive Lansdowne Lesseps letter London Lord Derby Lord Palmerston Majesty's Government Mediterranean Mehemet Mehemet Ali Metternich Minister navigation negotiations neutrality opposed Ottoman Empire Palmerston Paris Pasha Porte Powers proposed question Rechberg Red Sea route to India Russia scheme secure shares Sir Henry Suez Canal Suez route Sultan Thouvenel tion tonnage trade traffic Treaty troops Turkey Turkish Turquie vessels Viceroy Walewski warships