Description: LOT-O352. For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important original antique c.1902 official King / Sultan / Khedive Abbas Hilmi II period royal British Consular Egyptian Sultanate / Kingdom manuscript document, hand-signed by Acting Conul General, Sir Arthur David Alban O.B.E., Alexandria, Egypt. British consulate document regarding Egypt-Armenian (Armenia) contract. The document is untranslated. Royal consular document measures approximately 12.0" x 16.5". Royal British / Egypt consular document is original. Government document is handwritten on official British royal consular letterhead stationary, featuring a variety of stamps and Ottoman Empire signature seals. Condition is original. Original marks and folds. Museum quality. It's one of a kind. Authentic and correct. Arthur David Alban (1862-1927). Arthur D Alban was born March 12, 1862, on Geurnsey in the English Channel. He passed a competitive examination on May 30 and appointed a student interpreter in the Levant, June 11, 1883. Promoted to be an Assistant, August 1, 1885; and Vice Consul at Alexandria, February 1 1890. Acting Consul at Alexandria in 1890. Acting Vice-Consul at Beirout in 1888 and 1889. Acting Consul-General at Alexandria 1891, 1892 and 1894, and 1894. Acting Consul at Jeddah in 1895 and 1896. Appointed British delegate to the Quarantine Board of Egypt, July 1, 1897. Again, Acting Consul- General at Alexandria in l897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, and 1903. Promoted to be Consul, to reside at Alexandria, December 10, 1901; and Consul at Cairo, for the Consular District of Cairo, March .27, 1903. Was British Delegate to the International Sanitary Conference at Paris, October-November, 1903. Received the Coronation Medal, 1911. The maritime portion of Mudiria of Keneh was excluded from the District of the Consulate, and a new Commission issued to Mr. Alban, April 1, 1918. Made an O.B.E. on June 3, 1918. Promoted to be Consul-General at Alexandria, October 1, 1919. Retired on a pension, March 17, 1924.
Price: 255.46 USD
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Royal: Sir Arthur David Alban, O.B.E.
To Commemorate: Coronation
Type: Royal Document
Royalty: UK Royalty
Year: 1902
Signed: Yes
Theme: Royalty
Country: Egypt
Features: Antique, Illustrated, Official Release
Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
Vintage: Yes
