Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Shuqair, Sir Sa`id Pasha
Dates of creation: 1890-1935
Extent: 2 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Shuqair, Sir Sa`id Pasha
Language: English; Arabic; French; Ottoman Turkish
1868 - 1934
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| 1886-1889 | Taught Arabic at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut |
| 1889-1921 | Egyptian Government service in the Ministry of Finance |
| 1900 | Put in charge of the Sudan Government accounts |
| 1907-1921 | Director-General of Accounts |
| 1919 | Invited by the Amir Faisal to reorganise the Syrian Financial Service |
| 1921-1938 | Financial Adviser to the Sudan Government |
| 1909-1924 | Appointed Pasha, 1909 and knighted by King George V in 1924 |
1. Official Papers: Sudan
2. Official Papers: Palestine and Syria
3. Personal Papers
4. Lectures, Speeches
5. Photographic Material
6. Newspaper Cuttings
7. Printed Material
Presented by Lady Shuqair, 1960, Mr & Mrs A. Shuqair, 1964-1966 & Sir Frank and Lady Roberts, 1988
Catalogue
1. Official Papers: Sudan
SAD.494/9/1-71
1890-1911
Papers relating to Shuqair's employment by the Sudan Finance Department, including medical certificate from 1890 (SAD.494/9/3); confidential reports on Shuqair's employment, 1900-1904, signed by E.E. Bernard, Financial Secretary (SAD.494/9/4-8);
notes, memoranda and letters on pay scales, housing allowance and pension for Shuqair (SAD.494/9/9-36,39); letter to Shuqair from W.S.R. May concerning the state of the Sudan's finances (SAD.494/9/37-38); anonymous letter to the Governor-General
concerning mistreatment and underpayment of employees in the Finance Department (SAD.494/9/40-46); letters between E.E. Bernard and Shuqair on financial matters, particularly rates of pay for staff (SAD.494/9/47-57); letters from Shuqair to Bernard
requesting retirement from Sudan service (SAD.494/9/58-63); letters concerning extra payments to Finance Department staff for work during the budget (SAD.494/9/64-67); postcard showing the ‘Makers of the Soudan’
(SAD.494/9/71) [H. 185,323]
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.494/9/3
1 October [18]90
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Medical certificate, signed by Sagh Khalil Hajj and Mulazim I `Abd al-Halim `Asim.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 323 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/9/70
November 1911
Khalil Hajj. Two letters to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha, 14 November 1911 and 18 November 1911.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 185 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/1/1-25
1904 Nov 29-1905 May 24
Correspondence between the Financial Secretary, the Director of Posts and Telegraphs and Faris Nimr and Co. concerning the government contract with Faris Nimr and Co. for printing of items for the Posts and Telegraphs Department and an appeal for
compensation in respect of work sent to England
SAD.494/8/1-26
1906 Feb 26-1916 Jul 30
Correspondence between Shuqair , E.E. Bernard (Financial Secretary), M.R. Kennedy, G.Jauslin (Architect) and M. Chiha concerning the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory government housing at Khartoum
SAD.493/2/1-7,37-43
1909 May 1-1913 Apr 16
Memorandum and telegrams, chiefly between the Finance Department, Khartoum and the Ministry of Finance, Cairo concerning the budget for the Suakin Quarantine Station, with memoranda on the maintenance and upkeep of the quarantine camp, estimates
of receipts and expenditure of the quarantine service at Port Sudan as estimated in the 1911-1913 budgets, note of sums expended by the Egyptian Government on the quarantine stations at Port Sudan and Suakin, notes of annually recurring expenditure
borne by the Sudan Government and on pilgrims who land at Suakin after the pilgrimage season
SAD.493/4/17-33
1331 or 1332 [1912/1914]
Sudan budget notes, 1331 or 1332
17f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 356 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/10/1-55
1912 May 5-1920 Dec 28
Letters and telegrams to Shuqair while Director General of Accounts, mainly from officials in the Sudan administration, including W.S.R May concerning his work on the budget note and estimates to be laid before the Council, his pessimistic view
of the financial situation for the coming year and the need for replacement staff from Cairo to work in Khartoum during the summer months (SAD.494/10/1-3); telegrams to Shuqair from, among others, the Governor-General thanking him for his service
with the Sudan Government and informing him of the conferment of the 2nd Class Order of the Mejidiya in recognition of his service (SAD.494/10/4-17); W.S.R. May on the occasion of his retirement, apologising for disagreements over matters of policy
and expressing the wish that they could part as friends (SAD.494/10/18); R.P.S. Elderton regarding work on the Discipline Ordinance (SAD.494/10/20); letter and telegram from Waters Taylor offering Shuqair a position in Jerusalem (SAD.494/10/22-22);
Shuqair to Bernard concerning three offers of employment made to him and requesting that if the Sudan Government wished to retain his services, he should be awarded an increased salary and enhanced pension (SAD.494/10/23-26,31-34,39), with related
letters from E.C. Midwinter and the Governor-General to Bernard discussing as an alternative the payment of a gratuity (SAD.494/10/35-38); T.J. Lewins from the British Consulate in Tenerife with news of former colleagues (SAD.494/10/27-29); letters
between W. Sterry, E.E. Bernard, the Governor-General and Shuqair regarding the decision not to retain Shuqair's services in the Sudan and arrangements for his final remunerations and annual leave (SAD.494/10/40-55)
SAD.493/2/8-27
1913 Mar 10-1915 Jan 13
Letters and telegrams between W.S.R. May, Assistant Financial Secretary and Shuqair in Cairo concerning the 1913-1915 budgets
SAD.493/4/1-16
1913-1915
Bank of Abyssinia balance sheets and reports of directors, 1913-1914; note on the financial state of the bank prior to liquidation, 29 June 1915
Language: French and English
SAD.493/2/29-36
1915 Mar 10-Jun 4
Papers relating to the forecast of Sudan revenue and expenditure for 1915
SAD.494/8/27-33
1916 Aug
Correspondence between Shuqair and Muhammad Riad of the Finance Department concerning the latter's leave in Alexandria on health grounds
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.494/12/1-103
1921 Jan 13-Nov 1
Letters and telegrams to Shuqair in the months before his retirement as Director General of Accounts, from L.O.F. Stack regarding the decision of the Legislative Council to oppose the Railway Loan (SAD.494/12/1); between Shuqair, R.P.S. Elderton
and Bernard, many of them personal, concerning arrangements for the former's retirement and final leave and the resulting changes in staffing, and negotiations over retaining Shuqair's services for an additional period (SAD.494/12/3-89,103); Shuqair
and H.T. Mullins, Shuqair's successor as Director of Accounts in Khartoum concerning the invitation to Shuqair to return to the department (SAD.494/12/90-102)
SAD.494/7/1-40
1924-1927
Correspondence between Shuqair and Sir George Schuster, Financial Secretary, Sudan Government which in addition to covering personal and family affairs, also refer to official financial and political matters including Schuster regarding
difficulties facing the Gezira Scheme (SAD.494/7/1-3); Schuster from London concerning prospects for Zaghlul's discussions with Ramsay Macdonald (SAD.494/7/5-7); Schuster thanking Shuqair for his help in recruiting new civilian clerical staff
employed by the Egyptian Army for the forces in the Sudan (SAD.494/7/13-14); Shuqair regarding political developments in Cairo, in particular the composition of the new Ministry (SAD.494/7/15-18); Shuqair concerning the composition of the new Sudan
Committee in Cairo (SAD.494/7/19); Shuqair regarding prospects for the passing of the Sudan credit and speculation that Schuster is in line to be offered the Governor-Generalship of the Sudan (SAD.494/7/20); Shuqair on the decision by the Chamber of
Deputies to remove all government funds from the National Bank of Egypt to Bank Misr and Parliament's request for a statement of the debt due to Egypt from the Sudan (SAD.494/7/21); Schuster to Shuqair regarding an additional gratuity in recognition
of Shuqair's valuable service (SAD.494/7/26-29); Schuster concerning his future work as Economic and Financial Adviser at the Colonial Office (SAD.494/7/32-33); Schuster regarding his final departure from the Sudan (SAD.494/7/36-37)
SAD.493/2/44-47
1934 Sep 21-Oct 31
Letters between Shuqair in Cairo and H.E. Fass concerning his recent visit to Cairo and Khartoum and with news of the 1934 budget and political developments in Cairo
2. Official Papers: Palestine and Syria
SAD.493/6/1-77
1916 May 25-1921 May 26
Papers relating to affairs in Palestine and Syria, chiefly financial, including open letter from the Syrian community in Egypt to the Acting Agent and Consul General of the USA concerning the urgent need to take steps to alleviate famine in Syria
(SAD.493/6/1-6); letter of protest against the Zionist movement by the Muslim-Christian Committee of Jaffa (SAD.493/6/8); statement of an enquiry by the Administrative Council of Lebdani into the affairs of Mr Abbas Ettal (SAD.493/6/10-11);
memorandum by unnamed Colonel of the O.E.T.A. in response to demands by Weizmann on the administration of the Palestine Mandate (SAD.493/6/18-19); memorandum on the 1920 Syrian budget, signed by Wakil
mudir al-maliya
al-`amm (SAD.493/6/35-39); photographic copy of a memorandum on the independence of Lebanon (SAD.493/6/56); and numerous letters in Arabic concerning affairs in Syria, between Shuqair and Rida Pasha al-Rikabi, Amir Faisal ibn Husain,
ra`is al-muhasaba al-`unumiya, Sharif Husain of Mecca, Fu`ad Pasha al-Khatib, Under-Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Hijaz, `Adil Arslan, Amin Ma`luf, Faris Bey al-Khuri, Hilmi Bey, Aziz Jurj, Ja`far al-`Askari Pasha
and Haddad Pasha
Language: English, Arabic and French
Former reference numbers within SAD.493/6: H.51,52,52a,52b,75,77,85,91,92,99,104,143,181,184,305,316,317,325,328,333,357,Add. 8 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/17
23 Ramadan [22 June] 1919
Rida Pasha al-Rikabi,
hakim Suriya al-`askari al-`amm. Letter to Director of Public Finance, Syrian Government.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 317 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/21-22
16 October 1919
Faysal b. Husayn,
al-Amir. Copy of a letter to his father the King of the Hijaz, from London.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: Add. 8 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6
16 October 1919
Faysal b. Husayn,
al-amir. Copy of a letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
2f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 89 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
Missing, 7/3/2006.
SAD.493/6/23-29
5 November 1919
Ahmad ...
ra`is al-muhasaba al-`umumiya [? Syria]. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha,
mudir al-mali al-`amm.
6f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 52 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/30-31
7 Tashrin II [November] 1919
Husayn b. Ali, Sharif of Mecca, afterwards King of the Hijaz. Letter to [? Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha] signed by a member of Husayn's staff
al-murafiq jalalat al-malik wa mushawwar al-fanni .
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 143 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/32
25 Tashrin II [November] 1919
Rida Pasha al-Rikabi,
hakim Suriya al-`askari al-`amm. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 316 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/33
7 December 1919
Ahmad ...
ra`is al-muhasaba al-`umumiya [? Syria]. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha,
mudir al-mali al-`amm.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 52a in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/34
24 December 1919
Fu`ad Pasha al-Khatib, Under-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hijaz. Letter to Sa`id Pasha Shuqayr.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 99 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/35-39
15 Kanun II [January] 1920
Syria, Budget, 1920, signed
Wakil mudir al-maliya al-`amm.
5f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 357 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/43
29 February 1920
`Adil Arslan. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 51 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/44-46
20 March 1920
Ra`is al-wuzzara`. Three unsigned letters from a correspondent in Cairo to
ra`is al-wuzzara`, [?Damascus]. One of these is to Faysal, and one to Rida Pasha al-Rikabi (the
ra`is al-wuzara).
3f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 8 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/50
18 May 1920
Mustashar al-maliya wa ra`is al-muhasaba, Damascus. [name wanting]. Letter to Sa`id Pasha Shuqayr.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 305 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/51
1 June 1920
Amin Ma`luf. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 75 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/52
18 June 1920
Faris Bey al-Khuri. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 85 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/54
4 Tammuz [July] 1920
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Copy of a letter to Faris Bey [? al-Khuri].
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 328 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/53
4 Tammuz [July] 1920
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Copy of a letter to Hilmi Bey.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 333 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/55
9 July 1920
`Aziz Jurj. Letter to the Amir Faysal b. Husayn.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 77 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/56
10 Tammuz [July] 1920
Khalid `Akil, Fu`ad `Abd al… (?) Halabi, Ilyas Khuri, Sa`d Muhammad and three other, unreadable signatures, six of the seven signatures accompanied by seals, on a memorandum on the independence of Lebanon.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 184 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/59
13 July 1920
`Aziz Jurj. Letter to the Amir Faysal b. Husayn.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 78 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/58
13 Tammuz [July] 1920
Ahmad ...
ra`is al-muhasaba al-`umumiya [? Syria]. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha,
mudir al-mali al-`amm.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 52b in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/62
14 January 1921
Ja`far al-`Askari Pasha. Letter to Sir Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 181 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/63
21 April 1921
Haddad Pasha. Copy of a letter to King Faysal b. Husayn.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 104 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/64
10 May 1921
Faysal b. Husayn,
al-amir. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 91 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/6/66
1 Haziran [June] 1921
Faysal b. Husayn,
al-amir. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 92 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/7/1-34
1918 Mar-1919 Jul
Papers relating to financial affairs in Palestine and Syria, including list of chief financial officials in Damascus, Sivas and Cazas (SAD.493/7/2-4); public notice as to the collection of tithes on winter sown crops in Palestine, instructions
regarding their collection and note on arrangements for transporting the tithe grain to government stores, with covering letter from Col J. Huggett, G.H.Q., 1918 (SAD.493/7/6-11); translation of a report submitted by Major G. Haddad Bey, Director
General of Public Security, O.E.T.A. East with copy of the budget for the Public Security Department (SAD.493/7/12-15); translation of a letter from Haddad Bey to the Amir Faisal in explanation of the enclosed establishment of police and gendarmerie
for the maintenance of public order in O.E.T.A. East (SAD.493/7/16-25); copy letter from businessmen in Beirut to the military governor petitioning for permission to open general stores (SAD.493/7/26); statement by Mahmud ibn `Abd Allah Akil,
Director of the Agricultural Bank at Damascus concerning sums advanced to cultivators in Palestine (SAD.493/7/27-29). Includes:
Language: English, French and Arabic
Former reference numbers within SAD.493/7: H. 196,325 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/7/29
Kanun II [January] 1919
Mahmud `Abd Allah Akil, Director of the Agriculture Bank of Damascus. Statement of funds advanced to cultivators in Palestine.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 196 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/8/1-68
1918 Apr-1920 Mar
Papers relating to affairs in Palestine and Syria, chiefly financial, including memorandum concerning steps to be taken to halt the depreciation of Turkish metal currency (SAD.493/8/1-4); memorandum by J. Huggett on the collection of animal tax
(SAD.493/8/5-6); letter from Lieut Col Popham, O.E.T.A., Jerusalem to Col Graves concerning the administration of O.E.T.A. South (SAD.493/8/7-9); report by Lieut Col R.W. Graves, Damascus, on finance in O.E.T.A. East (SAD.493/8/10-37); letters from
Shuqair and Rida Pasha al-Rikabi to [Graves?] and Col Waters Taylor concerning revised estimates of revenue and expenditure in O.E.T.A. East, with list of rates of pay for civilian and army personnel (SAD.493/8/39-65); extract from a letter from
Riza Pasha, P.M. to Shuqair Pasha requesting him to take charge of the finances in Damascus and asking him to name his terms (SAD.493/8/67)
SAD.493/9/1-56
1918 May-1919 Aug
Papers relating to the Syrian budget, including memorandum by J. Huggett on the ‘Rights and powers of the Ottoman Public Debt Admnistration in connexion with taxation’ (SAD.493/9/1-5); copy order by General Allenby
reinstating taxes in force under the Turkish government (SAD.493/9/6); report on the administration of the Ottoman Public Debt after the Congress of Berlin (SAD.493/9/7-14); notes on currency (SAD.493/9/17-18); statement of estimated expenditure
submitted to the Amir Faisal (SAD.493/9/19); letter from Abu`l-Nasir al-Yafi to the [Amir Faisal] (SAD.493/9/20-21); letters and telegrams concerning problems on the Hijaz Railway (SAD.493/9/22-24); letter from Shuqair to Col Waters Taylor regarding
the budget (SAD.493/9/26-27); extract from a report read out by Shuqair to the Council of Directors on government revenue and expenditure (SAD.493/9/28-29); report by Shuqair and Riza Rikabi, Military Governor on estimates of receipts and
expenditure (SAD.493/9/30-32); provisional instructions relative to the preparation of the budget estimates for 1920 (SAD.493/9/33); notes on budget estimates, including documents in Arabic (SAD.493/9/34-56) [H.47,325]
Language: English, French and Arabic
SAD.493/9/20-21
8 June 1919
Abu`l-Nasir al-Yafi. Letter to [? the Amir Faysal b. Husayn].
2f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 47 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/13/8-15
[1918-1920]
Assorted papers in Arabic relating to Syrian affairs
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 325 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/11/1-45
1919 Mar 4-Sep 3
Papers relating to Shuqair's mission to Syria including telegrams betweeen R.P.S. Elderton and Shuqair concerning the dates of the mission, military permits to travel and other letters and telegrams concerning travel arrangements [H.315,325]
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.493/11/36
10 June 1919
Rida Pasha al-Rikabi,
hakim Suriya al-`askari al-`amm. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha, with other letters and drafts.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 315 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/15/1-99
1919 Apr-Jun
Papers on the Syrian budget including statements of expenditure and income, mostly in Arabic and extract from the ‘Statesman's Year Book’ for 1918 on Turkish finances (SAD.493/15/38-39); reports on Ottoman paper
money during the war and the unification of financial administrations in the O.E.T.A. territories as regards recognition of currencies and fixed rates (SAD.493/15/42-73,85-98); report on the Conference of Chief Administrators in Haifa, May 1919
(SAD.493/15/74-84)
Language: Arabic, English and French
Former reference number: H. 358 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/14/1-59
1919
Papers on the Syrian budget, with estimates and accounts, mostly in Arabic
Language: Arabic and English
Former reference number: H. 358 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/16/1-15
1919
Papers relating to the Syrian budget including statements of expenditure and receipts for 1918-1919 with related correspondence and note of points discussed with Colonel Waters Taylor at Haifa
Language: Arabic and English
Former reference number: H. 358 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/1/1-43
1919 Jul-1920
Papers relating to Syrian financial affairs including letter dated 19 Tammuz, [July] 1919 from Ala` al-Din ibn `Abd al-Hamid,
wali Suriya, to Shuqair with 6 enclosures (SAD.494/1/1-7); letter from Shuqair to
ra'is al-shura al-harbi (SAD.494/1/8); road map showing the distances between Aleppo and `Aqaba (SAD.494/1/9); papers relating to the military budget for the quarter ending September 1919 (SAD.494/1/11-21); and other
budgets and accounts in Arabic
Language: Arabic, English and French
Former reference number: H. 61 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/1/8
24 August 1919
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Letter to [? ]
ra` is al-shura al-harbi.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 324 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/1/9
[1919-1920]
Syria, Budget, diagrammatic road map, showing kilometer distances between Aleppo and al-`Aqaba.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 359 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/13/1-36
1919 Sep 3-1920 Mar 1
Letters (typescript and draft) from Shuqair to Colonel Waters Taylor concerning the examination of the Amir Faisal's accounts, with breakdown of expenditure
SAD.494/4/1-66
1919 Dec 2-1921 Jan 12
Correspondence between Lt Col W. Hussey Walsh and Shuqair concerning Walsh's plans for exploiting commercial ventures in Egypt and other countries of the Near East after the end of his military service. The letters detail his contacts with
potential backers, including Inter-Oceanic Traders Ltd of London and also his contract with The Officers' Association. Enclosures:
SAD.494/4/20-24
[1920]
Proofs for a brochure on the Youlten process for treating cotton and wool
SAD.494/4/57-58
[1920]
Brochure for Inter-Oceanic Traders Ltd of London, listing goods for export to foreign markets
SAD.494/2/1-32
[1920]
Assorted accounts relating to the Syrian budget
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 358 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/3/1-83
1919 Feb 27-1921 Nov 23
Papers relating to political affairs in Syria including copy letter from the Amir Faisal to D. Lloyd George complaining about the tactics of the French expedition under General Gouraud against the Syrian people of Jabal Amil in southern Lebanon,
with attached note in Arabic by Shuqair (SAD.494/3/7-10); copies of letters from Shuqair to the Amir Faisal (SAD.494/3/11-12,14-15); letter from the Amir Faisal, marked ‘private’ (SAD.494/3/13); note on Zionism,
possibly by Shuqair (SAD.494/3/16-22); programme and note on the Syrian Moderate National Party, possibly by Shuqair (SAD.494/3/23-32); notes on the Syrian problem facing the forthcoming Peace Congress,
“America and Syria” and “Why the Syrian colony of Egypt can be looked upon as representing the opinion in Syria”, authors unknown but possibly written or contributed to by Shuqair
(SAD.494/3/33-70); note on the sources of division in Syrian society and appealing to the U.S.A to take Syria under her guardianship, copy marked ‘for Dr Nimr’ (SAD.494/3/71-76); copy letter to Hampson Gary, US
Ambassador to Egypt, concerning the American role in helping to choose a guardian for Syria (SAD.494/3/77-78); copy letter from someone in the Arab Bureau on Anglo-French financial interests in Syria (SAD.494/3/79-81); extracts from a letter from
King Faisal to Ga'far Pasha concerning steps taken against those who seek to hamper friendly relations with Britain (SAD.494/3/82)
Language: Arabic and English
Includes item with former reference number: H. 325 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/3/7-8
undated [?1920]
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Note attached to a letter in English from the Amir Faysal b. Husayn to D. Lloyd George.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 327 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/3/11
[1920?]
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Fragment of a copy of a letter to the Amir Faysal b. Husayn.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 326 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/3/12
10 October 1921
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Copy of a letter to King Faysal b. Husayn.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 329 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/3/13
10 November 1921
Faysal b. Husayn,
al-amir. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha marked “private”.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 93 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/3/14
23 November 1921
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Copy of a letter to King Faysal b. Husayn.
2f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 330 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/3/15
19 April 1922
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Copy of a letter to King Faysal b. Husayn.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 331 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/10/1-40
1919 Sep 19-Oct 13
Notes on three meetings of the Allied War Cabinet held at 10 Downing Street in the presence of the Amir Faisal to discuss the future status of Syria
Former reference number: H. 325 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/5/1-8
1920 Feb 22-Jun 10
Letters and telegrams between Shuqair and Col Waters Taylor concerning the possibility of Shuqair taking up a position in the Palestine administration
SAD.494/6/1-22
1923-1925
Assorted letters in Arabic: between Shuqair and Zaki Bey Qadri in Baghdad (SAD.494/6/6-11,15-16); copy letter from Shuqair to King Faisal (SAD.494/6/12-13); to Shuqair from Rida Pasha al-Rikabi (SAD.494/6/14); letters regarding flax samples sent
to London and from the Director of Agriculture, Iraq to the Adviser, Ministry of the Interior, Baghdad concerning the awarding of a flax concession (SAD.494/6/17-22)
Language: Arabic and English
Includes item with former reference number: H. 325 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/1-3
undated [1924?]
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Copy of a letter to King Faysal b. Husayn.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 332 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/6
8 Kanun II [January] 1925
Zaki Bey Qadri. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 398 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/7-8
7 January 1925
Zaki Bey Qadri. Letter to Zaki Bey Qadri.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 397 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/9
19 Haziran [June] 1924
Zaki Bey Qadri. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 394 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/10
25 Kanun I [December] 1924, ff.2
Zaki Bey Qadri. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
2f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 396 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/11
27 Tashrin II [January] 1924
Zaki Bey Qadri. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 393 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/12
10 December 1924
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Copy of a letter to King Faysal b. Husayn.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 334 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/13
10 December 1924
Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha. Copy of a letter to Zaki Bey Qadri.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 335 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/14
12 May 1924
Rida Pasha al-Rikabi,
hakim Suriya al-`askari al-`amm. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 319 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/6/15-16
4 Aylul [September] 1924
Zaki Bey Qadri. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 395 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
3. Personal Papers
SAD.1095/3/1-12
[ca. 1894-1916]
Honours (Egyptian) awarded to Sa'id Shuqair:
Language: Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and English
SAD.1095/3/1-2
[ca. 1894]
Two brevets from the reign of Abbas Hilmi II
SAD.1095/3/3-4
[ca. 1902]
Two envelopes, one being for the Order of Mejidiya
SAD.1095/3/5-6
1902
Brevet for the Order of Mejidiya (2nd class), with letter of congratulations to Shuqair
SAD.1095/3/7-9
1902
Brevet for the Order of Mutamayiz, 2nd class (Ottoman civilian order) with Arabic translation of the decree and communication regarding it
SAD.1095/3/10
1909
Brevet for the Order of Mirmiran (rank of Pasha)
SAD.1095/3/11-12
1916
Brevet for the Order of the Nile, 2nd class, with envelope
SAD.430/7/9
14 Jumada I, 1336 [25 February 1918]
Fuad (Ahmad Fu`ad), Sultan (1917-1922) and King (1922-1937) of Egypt. Brevet of the Order of the Nile, 2nd class conferred upon Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 94 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.1095/4/1-13
1919-1924
Honours (British) awarded to Shuqair Pasha:
SAD.1095/4/1
1919 Mar 1
Mention in despatches for Sa'id Pasha Shuqair, recorded by Sir L.O.F. Stack and signed by Winston Churchill
SAD.1095/4/2-3
1920 Jul 20-1921 Jan 21
Warrant of appointment to Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire, with covering letter from the High Commissioner's Private Secretary
SAD.1095/4/4-13
1924 May 23-Nov 13
Letters and telegrams to Shuqair concerning the award of a K.B.E., with warrant of appointment
SAD.1095/1/1-91
[ca. 1904-1921]
Leather bound pocket notebook containing miscellaneous notes by Shuqair on the population of Egypt and the Sudan, international control of Egypt, the administration and finances of Egypt and the Sudan, cotton growing, and Lord Cromer's 1905
report on Egypt, with brief references to war related events in Europe. Interfiled are the following press cuttings:
Language: English and Arabic
SAD.1095/1/2v
[1915]
Reuter's report on the progress of the Tyrol battle between Austria and Italy
SAD.1095/1/15-16
1921
Retirement of Shuqair Pasha
SAD.1095/1/56
[ca. 1905-1914]
Compulsory military service, as espoused by the National Service League under the presidency of Lord Roberts
SAD.494/13/1-7
1909-1920 and undated
Verses in honour of Shuqair Pasha by Bashir Ramadan (SAD.494/13/1), Mahmud Arif (SAD.494/13/2), Qustaki al-Himsi (SAD.494/13/3), Taftazani (SAD.494/13/5-7) and anonymous (SAD.494/13/4)
Language:
Arabic
Former reference numbers: H. 10,81,197,312,325,360 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/13/3
3 Shubat [Febraury] 1920
Qustaki al-Himsi. Verse in honour of Shuqair Pasha.
1f.
Former reference numbers: H. 312 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/11/1-19
1909/10 Jun 23-1935 Jan 13; 1963
Personal papers including correspondence to Shuqair from Samwil Bey Atiyah concerning Salih Aziz (SAD.494/11/1); J.B. Christopherson outlining accusations made against him by A.J. Balfour and the difficulties caused by these (SAD.494/11/3-7);
travel permit for Shuqair to travel to Syria, 1919 (SAD.494/11/8-9); W.S.R. May from his home in Alnmouth in 1932 about his life in retirement and news of other former colleagues (SAD.494/11/12-13), with copy reply from Shuqair in Cairo regarding
his health and the financial situation in Cairo (SAD.494/11/14-15); R.P.S. Elderton to Lady Shuqair and A.B.B. Howell to R.P.S. Elderton concerning the death of Shuqair Pasha in 1934 (SAD.494/11/16-17); Isma'il al-Azhari, mufti
al-Sudan al-sabiq to Shuqair Pasha, shortly before his death (SAD.494/11/18). Also filed is a letter from R.L. Hill to Mrs Joan Shuqair in 1963 with condolences on the death of Lady Shuqair (SAD.494/11/19). [H. 178,339]
Language: Arabic and English
SAD.494/11/1
23 June [1910?]
Samwil Bey `Atiya. Letter to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 339 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/11/18
13 January 1935
Isma `il al-Azhari,
mufti al-Sudan al-sabiq. Letter to Sir Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 178 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/3/1-19
1913-1920
Letters from Samwil Atiyah to Shuqair concerning the case of Khattar Kan`an, with related papers [H. 186, 340]
Language:
Arabic
SAD.493/3/1-2
1 April 1920
Khattar Kan `ana. Copy of a declaration.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 186 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.493/3/4-19
1913-1914
Samwil Bey `Atiya. Twelve letters to Sa`id Shuqayr Pasha concerning the case of Khattar Kan`ana.
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 340 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.466/1/1-5
1918 Jan 8-1924 Jun 6
Personal letters to Madame Shuqair from E.C. Picot and Lady Wingate concerning a fund raising soirée for Syrian refugees (SAD.466/1/1-2-3); and from Lady Allenby offering congratulations on Shuqair Pasha's knighthood (SAD.466/1/4-5)
Language: French and English
SAD.1095/2/1-15
1921-1925
Personal letters from Faisal ibn Husain, King of Iraq, to Shuqair Pasha, urging him to visit Baghdad and give him the benefit of his advice on such matters as administrative problems, financing of irrigation schemes, advisers etc.
Language:
Arabic
SAD.1095/2/16-18
1930 Dec 19
Invitation to the opening of the Naga Hammadi Dam in Egypt
Language:
Arabic
SAD.466/1/6
1934 Nov 5
Letter to Shuqair Pasha from Prince `Umar Tusun regarding a Sudanese officer, `Ali Efendi al-Banna`
1f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: Add. 15 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.494/13/16-27
1935 Feb 2
Yusuf al-...: tribute to the memory of Sir Sa`id Shuqair Pasha, offered forty days after his death (
haflat al-arba'in)
12f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 385 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
SAD.1095/4/14
1935 Jul 27
Letter from Sir Reginald Wingate to Lady Shuqair inviting her to his home at Dunbar
4. Lectures, Speeches
SAD.493/5/1-2
1910 Mar 17
Printed copy of an address delivered by Shuqair to Col. the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt on behalf of the Syrian community in Khartoum
SAD.493/4/34-43
[1921?]
Text of speech by Faisal b. Husain,
al-amir, to the executive committee of the Supreme Council, Damascus (unpaginated)
10f.
Language:
Arabic
Former reference number: H. 90 in the Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts and lithographs in the Sudan Archive
5. Photographic Material
SAD.18/1/2
1899 Aug
Portrait photograph of General Sir Charles Parsons Pasha (1855-1923), Royal Artillery and Egyptian Army, wearing dress uniform. Photo taken by Elliott & Fry, London.
SAD.18/1/9
[1901]
Postcard containing vignettes of R. von Slatin, Inspector General, Lord Kitchener and Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor-General
SAD.18/1/3
1902 May 30
Half length portrait photograph of Sir Rudolf von Slatin Pasha (1857-1932), Austrian officer in the service of the Egyptian and Sudan governments, wearing Egyptian Army dress uniform. Photo by D. Sackely of Vienna and signed by Slatin in
Cairo.
SAD.18/1/5
1902 May 30
Portrait photograph of General Sir Reginald Wingate, Sirdar and Governor-General (1861-1953), wearing British Army uniform. Photo taken by G. Lekegian & Co., Cairo and signed by Wingate.
SAD.18/1/6
[ca. 1905]
Portrait photograph of General Sir Reginald Wingate, Sirdar and Governor-General (1861-1953), wearing Egyptian Army uniform. Photo taken by Maull & Fox, London and signed by Wingate.
SAD.18/1/7
1905
Portrait photograph of Beatrice M. Bernard, wife of E.E. Bernard, Financial Secretary 1905-1923. Photo by J. Weston & Son, Folkestone and signed by Mrs Bernard
SAD.18/1/8
1909 Apr
Group photograph of government officials at the entrance to the
muhafaza during the visit of the Khedive Abbas Hilmi II to Suakin
SAD.2/21/2
[ca. 1910]
Full length portrait photograph of Na`um Bey Shuqair (1863-1922), Syrian official in the service of the Egyptian and Sudan governments, seated, wearing Egyptian dress uniform and holding a sword
SAD.18/1/1
1911 Mar 18
Portrait photograph of R.P.S. Elderton (1876-?1958), Deputy Assistant Financial Secretary, 1903-1916 and Assistant Financial Secretary 1916-1925; seated and wearing Egyptian dress uniform. Photo taken by G. Lekegian & Co., Cairo and signed by
Elderton in Khartoum
SAD.493/5/3
1912
Group photograph of staff of the Finance Department, Khartoum, including E.E. Bernard, Financial Secretary (seated centre in white uniform) and S. Shuqair to his right
SAD.18/1/4
1912
Full length portrait photograph of Mustafa Hamdi in Egyptian Army dress uniform and holding a sword. Photo signed by Hamdi
SAD.494/11/9
1919
Photograph of Shuqair Pasha with his children Celeste, Albert and Alfred, with separate photograph of his wife Edma, both contained in a travel permit to travel to Syria
SAD.2/21/1
[ca. 1920]
Half length portrait photograph of Sir Sa`id Pasha Shuqair in Egyptian dress uniform
SAD.494/13/28
1925
Portrait photograph of Shehadi A. Shehadi, Beirut, in military uniform and holding a sword, taken by Sands & Brady, Providence
6. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.493/12/1-25
1919 Feb 11-Sep 5
Press cuttings from a variety of French, Egyptian and British newspapers, chiefly relating to the Syrian question, including copy of
Le Temps with an article on the ambitions of the King of the Hijaz (SAD.493/12/1-2); findings of the Nile Projects Committee into the Willcocks-Kennedy charges against the Egytian Ministry of Public Works, from
The Egyptian Gazette (SAD.493/12/3); the future of Syria from
The Egyptian Gazette (SAD.493/12/4); summary of the peace treaty from
The Egyptian Gazette
(SAD.493/12/7) freedom of the City of London awarded to Sir Edmund Allenby, from
The Times (SAD.493/12/9); articles from
The Near East on the future of Syria, Palestine and Mesopotamia
(SAD.493/12/12-21) and on the British loan of £2,000,000 to Persia (SAD.493/12/22-25)
Language: French,English andArabic
7. Printed Material
SAD.494/14/1
1900
Sudan Government:
Instructions with regard to accounts. Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
SAD.494/14/2
1900
Sudan Government: Ta`limat fi al-hisabat. Cairo: maṭbaʻat al-muqtaṭaf
Language:
Arabic
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue
The late Sa`id Shuqair Pasha (Al-Maarif Press, [1935])
