The British Foreign Policy and Egypt in the 1880s
The British Foreign Policy and Egypt in the 1880s

Summary/Abstract: From 1882 when the British occupied Egypt for strategic and imperial reasons, they endeavoured to leave Egypt, which complicated the British diplomatic position in Europe, so that the British reputation and honour wasn't injured. For this purpose, the British Prime Minister, Marquis of Salisbury, despatched the diplomate Sir Henry Drummond-Wolf to Constantinople to reach an agreement with the Sublime Porte on the British presence in Egypte. In 1887, Sir Henrs succeeded in his effort to conclude a British-Ottoman convention on Egypt, which solved up the problematic position of the British Army in the country. Despite Henry's failure, the British diplomacy managed to realise the passage of the British - Ottoman convention on the Suez Canal. In 1888 the representatives of European Powers and the Ottoman Empire signed a document ensuring free navigation in the Suez Canal in periods of peace and war. From this time on, the occupation became permanent, coming to an end only with the British declaration of a protectorate over Egypte in 1914.

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