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Aziz Ali al-Misri

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560: 417:. The roots of this quarrel seem to be a mutual dislike for one another, in particular as Aziz opposed the oppressive attitude of the CUP towards minorities. Arab revolutionaries joined in on al-Misri's admonition of Enver Pasha. "There is no doubt that Aziz Ali Bey has been one of the leading spirits in a group of young Arabs". His personality was abrasive and unyielding, and both the CUP and Arab political groups played on this to their advantage. 396:, to exist in cooperation. "He had come to the conclusion that in so composite a society as the Ottoman Empire the best way to maintain its integrity was not by attempting to suppress nationalities but by recognizing them, each as an autonomous unit within the Ottoman superstructure." In 1911, Al-Masri helped mediate a treaty between the Imam Yahya of Yemen and Izzat Pasha, the commander of the Ottoman campaign. 449:"turned twice around the decks, sniffed, ‘No one worth talking to’, and sat down in one of the two comfortable armchairs, to begin a discussion of Debussy with Aziz el Masri (in the other). Aziz, the Arab-Circassian ex-colonel in the Turkish Army, now general in the Sherifian Army, was on his way to discuss with the Emir of Mecca the equipment and standing of the Arab regulars he was forming at 36: 457:
Ottoman deserters who wanted to join the Revolt, Al-Masry created, out of this total force of 6,000, three infantry brigades, a mounted brigade, engineering unit, and three different artillery groups made up of a patchwork of varying cannon and heavy caliber machine guns. British and French officers also provided technical military advice, among whom T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).
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different light in the eyes of those working for Turko-Arab collaboration." Al-Misri's arrest coincided with a massive purge of Arab officers in the Turkish army. His trial caused effervescence in Egypt and Syria and the British Ambassador in Constantinople (Sir L. Mallet) intervened with the Porte in his favour. Aziz al-Misri went back to Egypt.
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named him chief of staff, but he was dismissed from that post in 1940 at Britain's insistence after incriminating documents were found in his house proving he had had contacts with the Italians in Libya. After he was retired from the Egyptian army, he tried to reach the Axis forces in Iraq whose PM
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Aziz al-Misri played a prominent role in the early stages of the Arab Revolt. This was an attempt by Sharif Husayn, with British support suggested among others by Aziz al-Misri, to create an independent Arab state, free from Ottoman control. Using a mix of Bedouin volunteers, Arab officers and Arab
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in Woolwich under the guardianship of Aziz Pasha and Ahmed Hassanein Pasha. Aziz Pasha was then a member of the regency council assisting Farouk until the latter became officially King of Egypt in July 1937. In 1938, Aziz al-Misry became inspector general of the Egyptian army. In this capacity he
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Al-Misri's mixed ethnic background, combined with his sense of political moderation made him an easy target for the CUP. It also made him a popular hero among the Arab political groups and he was labeled as sympathetic to the cause of Arab nationalists. During the Italian invasion and occupation
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In April 1914, al-Misri was arrested and removed from Istanbul by the CUP. Although this was not the direct doing of Enver Pasha, it gave him the impetus to "denounce al-Misri as an Arab revolutionary leader who sough an Arab rebellion, and much to al-Misri’s dismay, it put him in a somewhat
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Having understood that France and Great Britain were in fact negotiating spheres of influence in the region, Aziz al-Misri encouraged the Sharif to be more independent. He fell out of touch with Sharif Husayn, came back to Egypt in February 1917 and then travelled to Spain and Germany.
405:(1911-1912) of Tripolitana and Cyrenaica (modern Libya) he took a leading part in organising resistance in Benghazi with Suleiman al-Askary as his deputy. He developed the system of using tribal tactics with regular combat tactics; a system he later recommended in the 144: 473:
Political and religious figures attending a reception for Mohamed Ali Eltaher at the Continental Hotel in Cairo. From left to right: Shaykh Mohamed Sabri al-Din of Hebron, Shaykh Ibrahim Tfayyesh of Algeria, Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide
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as did his son Omar in the USA). He was conscious of this fact throughout his lifetime. His half sister Aziza (1872-1936), from their common mother Chafika Siouk Mukbel, was the wife of Aly Pasha Youssef Ramzy Zulficar a governor of Cairo.
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officer) of his flight to reach Iraq. In the cosmopolitan society of Cairo and with his wide culture and religious tolerance, Aziz al-Misri had, in all communities, many acquaintances and some friends.
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Back to Egypt, Aziz al-Misri married Frances (born Smith) an American and they had a son Omar (1930–2010). From 1927 to 1935, he directed the Cairo Police Academy. By decision of his father
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related in his autobiography that he had a part in this attempt, and that officers from the Egyptian Air Force tried to arrange a plane for Aziz to carry him to Beirut, then under
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family. His father, Zakariya, and previous relatives on his father’s side of the family were Circassian, with the original family name before having moved to Irak and then Egypt:
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After al-Misri had helped the Free Officers prepare for the revolution of 1952, they named him ambassador to Moscow in 1953 and considered making him president in place of
1045: 1020: 347:. He appreciated 19th century German military school. Shortly after, he became an officer in the Ottoman army. His first assignment as a member of the military was in 1060: 1055: 1050: 1120: 1030: 531:, from where he could then travel to Iraq. Aziz al-Misry was released in 1942 among others as he revealed having informed Colonel Cudbert Thornhill (British 1090: 1085: 453:. A few minutes later they had left Debussy, and were depreciating Wagner: Aziz in fluent German, and Storrs in German, French and Arabic." 1025: 983: 265:; 1879 – 15 June 1965) was an Egyptian Ottoman military officer of Circassian descent, and prominent political activist and member of the 735:
Aziz Bandarli and Umberto Dorés, the pioneering photographers resident in Alexandria produce one of the first Egyptian documentaries on "
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Sir L. Mallet to Sir Edward Grey.(l), F.O. 9033/7963/14/44., (No. 117.). Constantinople D. February 24, 1914.R. March 2, 1914. cf.
1065: 495: 100: 1105: 356: 266: 724: 72: 1080: 57: 380:, al-Misri remained an advocate for Ottoman unity. He was a political moderate who wanted the three main political groups, 409:(1916-1918) cf. below and reference n°9. The staff under the orders of general Enver Bey (to become pasha) also included 79: 532: 994: 979: 500: 273:, and despite himself not being ethnically Arab, he co-founded and led a number of nationalist Arab societies such as 723:
and Harold Temperley, eds. with the assistance of Lillian M. Penson, PhD, 1938), Volume X, Part II: pps 824-838. cf.
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The Reception of the National Hero: Aziz Bey El Masri, Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Army." cf.
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He died on 15 June 1965 in Cairo. Egypt honored him with State funeral.
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Fareq Aziz Ali el-Masry Street (Gisr el-Suez St.), Cairo Egypt.
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had joined Germany, but was caught and put on trial in 1941.
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quick and impetuous, yet self-restrained and self-confident,
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the most striking and remarkable of the whole Arab movement
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People from the Ottoman Empire of Circassian descent
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