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In the land of the pharaohs : a short history of Egypt from the fall of Ismail to the assassination of Boutros Pasha

Title
In the land of the pharaohs : a short history of Egypt from the fall of Ismail to the assassination of Boutros Pasha / by Duse Mohamed ; illustrated.
Author
Duse Mohamed, 1866-1945.
Publication
London : Stanley Paul & Co., [1911]

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Additional Authors
  • Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd., publisher.
  • William Brendon and Son, printer.
Description
xii, 380 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Authors' presentation copies (Provenance)
  • Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
  • Bookplates (Provenance)
Note
  • Edition statement and publication date from verso of title page.
  • "William Brendon and Son, Ltd. Printers, Plymouth"--printer statement from colophon, p. 380.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provenance (note)
  • inscribed: in ink on recto of free endleaf preceding half-title leaf "Bismillah! Duse Mohamed Ali.", followed by Duse Mohamed's name written in Arabic. ; Accompanied by a typewritten letter from Mohamed to Schomburg, on stationery for Mohamed's "African Times and Orient Review" publication, signed by Mohamed and dated September 18, 1912 ; With the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
Contents
Introduction -- "Ismail, the Magnificent" -- Tewfik, political shuttlecock -- Tunis -- Ninth September -- The joint note -- Arabi Pasha -- "Fictitious diplomacy" -- The bombardment of Alexandria -- Tel-el-Kebir -- "Ichabod" -- Government by philanthropy -- The Hicks expedition, and after -- England in the Soudan -- The Wolff mission -- "Thorns and thistles of diplomacy" -- "Le roi est mort" ; Appendix: England and diplomacy -- The nationalist revival -- Fashoda -- The people of Egypt -- Mustapha Pasha Kamil -- Lord Cromer -- "Take courage!" -- A modern Rehoboam ; Appendix: full text of resolution in the Legislative Council, 1 December, 1908 ; Etc. -- Roosevelt, imperial Democrat -- Balfour's little band ; Appendix 1: more pledges ; Appendix 2: Law of liquidation ; Index.
Call Number
Sc Rare 962-D (Duse Mohamed. In the land of the pharaohs)
OCLC
  • 4540842
  • NYPGR4540842-B
Author
Duse Mohamed, 1866-1945.
Title
In the land of the pharaohs : a short history of Egypt from the fall of Ismail to the assassination of Boutros Pasha / by Duse Mohamed ; illustrated.
Imprint
London : Stanley Paul & Co., [1911]
Edition
First edition.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare 962-D (accession no. B572186) inscribed: in ink on recto of free endleaf preceding half-title leaf "Bismillah! Duse Mohamed Ali.", followed by Duse Mohamed's name written in Arabic. ; Accompanied by a typewritten letter from Mohamed to Schomburg, on stationery for Mohamed's "African Times and Orient Review" publication, signed by Mohamed and dated September 18, 1912 ; With the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
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Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd., publisher.
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Duse Mohamed, 1866-1945, inscriber.
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
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Sc Rare 962-D (Duse Mohamed. In the land of the pharaohs)
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