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

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

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

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

[1912-1914]
Sudan budget notes, 1331 or 1332 [H.356]
Language: Arabic

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)

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

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

1915 Mar 10-Jun 4
Papers relating to the forecast of Sudan revenue and expenditure for 1915

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

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)

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)

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

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 [H.51,52,52a,52b,75,77,85,91,92,99,104,143,181,184,305,316,317,325,328,333,357,Add.8
Language: English, Arabic and French

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) [H.196,325]
Language: English, French and Arabic

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)

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-Qasim 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

[1918-1920]
Assorted papers in Arabic relating to Syrian affairs [H.325]
Language: Arabic

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

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) [H.358]
Language: Arabic, English and French

1919
Papers on the Syrian budget, with estimates and accounts, mostly in Arabic [H.358]
Language: Arabic and English

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 [H.358]
Language: Arabic and English

1919 Jul-1920
Papers relating to Syrian financial affairs including letter 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

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

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:

[1920]
Assorted accounts relating to the Syrian budget
Language: Arabic

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

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

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

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

[ca. 1894-1916]
Honours (Egyptian) awarded to Sa'id Shuqair:
Language: Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and English

1919-1924
Honours (British) awarded to Shuqair Pasha:

[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

1909-1920 and undated
Verses in honour of Shuqair Pasha by Bashir Ramadan, Mahmud Arif, Qustaki al-Himsi, Taftazani and anonymous [H.10,81,197,312,360]
Language: Arabic

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

1913-1920
Letters from Samwil Atiyah to Shuqair concerning the case of Khattar Kan`an, with related papers [H.186 and H.340]
Language: Arabic

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

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

1930 Dec 19
Invitation to the opening of the Naga Hammadi Dam in Egypt
Language: Arabic

1934 Nov 5
Letter to Shuqair Pasha from Prince `Umar Tusun regarding a Sudanese officer, `Ali Efendi al-Banna' [H.Add.15]
Language: Arabic

1935 Feb 2
Yusuf al-...: tribute to the memory of Shuqair Pasha offered 40 days after his death (haflat al-arba'in)
Language: Arabic

1935 Jul 27
Letter from Sir Reginald Wingate to Lady Shuqair inviting her to his home at Dunbar

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

[1921?]
Text of Amir Faisal b. Husain's speech to the executive committee of the Supreme Council, Damascus [H.90]
Language: Arabic

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.

[1901]
Postcard containing vignettes of R. von Slatin, Inspector General, Lord Kitchener and Sir Reginald Wingate, Governor-General

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.

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.

[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.

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

1909 Apr
Group photograph of government officials at the entrance to the muhafaza during the visit of the Khedive Abbas Hilmi II to Suakin

[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

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

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

1912
Full length portrait photograph of Mustafa Hamdi in Egyptian Army dress uniform and holding a sword. Photo signed by Hamdi

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

[ca. 1920]
Half length portrait photograph of Sir Sa`id Pasha Shuqair in Egyptian dress uniform

1925
Portrait photograph of Shehadi A. Shehadi, Beirut, in military uniform and holding a sword, taken by Sands & Brady, Providence

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

1900
Sudan Government: Instructions with regard to accounts. Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office

1900
Sudan Government: Ta`limat fi al-hisabat. Cairo: maṭbaʻat al-muqtaṭaf

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])