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Chapter One General Chapters (1) The Egyptian Boundary What happened in the appointment of the border between Turkey and Egypt is known, so there is no need to refer to it except briefly. First, the conditions in the Sinai Peninsula were not without disturbance in the early year 1905. Mr. John Bramley was appointed Commander and Inspector with full authority over Sinai affairs. A small but fully equipped police detachment was formed, and other administrative reforms were undertaken. These matters were mistakenly interpreted as an intention of aggression by the Egyptian government on the occupied territories. The matter was not greatly diminished when, in April 1892, a desire to reach Suez became apparent, and it ended. Their request was that the Egyptian, British, and Ottoman governments decide, and the British and Egyptian governments appointed a committee to determine the Egyptian border. to Suez, and it ended. The dispute. On the first of October, all these matters were agreed upon and signed by the two Egyptian delegates (Captain Owen Pasha Fathi). The Egyptian delegates showed good judgment, sound opinion, patience, and perseverance in the discussions that took a long time before reaching the aforementioned agreement. This incident is regrettable because, at one point, it caused some distress to the relations of purity and affection between the British government and the Ottoman government. However, the fault for this does not lie with the men of the British government nor the men of the Egyptian government.

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