EgyptElite - Relational data on (foreign) elites in Egypt, 1867-1914 doi:10.34934/DVN/MRMQ8U Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive – SODHA 2026-09-18 1 Huskens, Gert; Vandersmissen, Jan; Verbruggen, Christophe, 2026, "EgyptElite - Relational data on (foreign) elites in Egypt, 1867-1914", https://doi.org/10.34934/DVN/MRMQ8U, Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive – SODHA, V1 EgyptElite - Relational data on (foreign) elites in Egypt, 1867-1914 doi:10.34934/DVN/MRMQ8U Huskens, Gert Vandersmissen, Jan Verbruggen, Christophe Nodegoat 30885993 1259126N Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive – SODHA Huskens, Gert Huskens, Gert 2026-09-15 2026-09-18 Arts and Humanities Elites and leadership Community, urban and rural life Social and occupational mobility International politics and organisations This database contains relational data on the affiliations of the members of the (foreign) international elite in Cairo and Alexandria, concentrating on the khedivial era (1867-1914). It is mainly based on a series of Western-language yearbooks published in Egypt as well as supplementary journals, almanachs, annuaries, etc. covering elite social relations. 1867-01-01 1952 2018-01-01 2026-08-31 relational data biographical data The data is structured following a person-organisation structure and the relation between the two is defined as a membership. The columns covering data on the individual persons contain biographical information and include the following fields: Object ID, Given name, Family name (birth), Family name (marriage), Title, Honorifics, Alternative names (semicolon separated), Date of birth, Date of death, Place of birth, Country of birth, Gender, Nationality, Free description, Wikipedia, Genealogical source (url), Comments. The columns covering data on the respective memberships are: [Membership | Profession] Organization - Object ID, [Membership | Profession] Organization, [Membership | Profession] Description, [Membership | Profession] Function, [Membership | Profession] Date Start, [Membership | Profession] Date End, [Membership | Profession] Location Reference, [Membership | Profession] Function description. The columns covering data on the organisations are: Object ID2, Name, Acronym, Alternative names (semicolon separated), Organisation type, Founded, Dissolved, Social seat, Social seat country, Administrative seat, Administrative seat country, Parent organisation, Description, URL, Wikipedia, Tags. Sources Almanach de Gotha. Annuaire généalogique, diplomatique et statistique. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1800-1914. Annuaire 1926 du Royal Automobile Club d'Égypte, 1926. Annuaire égyptien administratif et commercial 1891-92. Vol. 2. Le Caire: G. Teissonière, 1891. Bulletin de la Société archéologique d'Alexandrie. Alexandria: Imp. Générale L. Carrière, 1898-1914. Bulletin de la Société de Khédiviale de Géographie du Caire. Cairo: Société de Khédiviale de Géographie, 1875-1914. Bulletin de la Société entomologique d'Égypte. Cairo: Société entomologique d'Égypte, 1908-1914. François-Levernay. Guide-Annuaire d’Egypte: statistique, administrations, commerce, industries, agriculture, antiquités etc., avec les plans d’Alexandrie et du Caire: année 1872-1873. Cairo: Delbos-Demouret, 1873. Bulletin de l'Institut égyptien, Cairo/Alexandria, 1859-1914. Journal of the Khedivial Agricultural Society and the School of Agriculture. Cairo: Al-Mokkatam Printing Office, 1899-1914 L'Égypte contemporaine, revue de la Société Khédiviale d'Economie Politique, de Statistique et de Législation. Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’Archéologie orientale, 1912-1914. Les juridictions mixtes d'Égypte 1876 - 1926: Livre d'or édité sous le patronage du conseil de l'ordre des avocats à l'occasion du cinquantenaire des tribunaux de la réforme par le "Journal des tribunaux mixtes. Alexandria: Journal des tribunaux mixtes, 1926. Levernay, François. Guide Général d’Egypte: Annuaire Officiel Administratif,Commercial et Industriel. Alexandrie: Imprimrie Nouvelle, 1868. Livre d’or de l’Institut Egyptien, Publié à l’occasion Du Cinquantenaire de La Fondation de l’Institut Egyptien. Le Caire: Imprimerie M. Roditi & Co, 1911. Poffandi, Stefano G. Indicateur egyptien, administratif et commercial: annuaire en usage près les ministères, les tribunaux ... Alexandrie: Impr. générale A. Mourès, 1897. ———. Indicateur egyptien, administratif et commercial: annuaire en usage près les ministères, les tribunaux. Alexandria: Impr. générale A. Mourès, 1902. ———. Indicateur egyptien, administratif et commercial: annuaire en usage près les ministères, les tribunaux. Alexandrie: Impr. générale A. Mourès, 1904. ———. Indicateur egyptien, administratif et commercial: annuaire en usage près les ministères, les tribunaux. Alexandrie: Impr. générale A. Mourès, 1907. The Egyptian Directory - 1908, Vol. 7. Cairo, 1907. The Egyptian Directory - 1911. Vol. 9. Cairo, 1910. The Egyptian Directory - 1912. Vol. 10. Cairo, 1911. The Egyptian Directory - 1913. Vol. 11. Cairo, 1912. Université Égyptienne Du Caire. Annuaire 1908-1910. Cairo: Imprimerie de l’Institut français d’Archéologie orientale, 1911. Other works consulted ‘Ägypten’. In Handbuch des k.(u.)k. Konsulardienstes die Konsulate der Donaumonarchie vom 18. Jh. bis 1918, 9–17. Vienna: New Academic Press, 2018. Annalen des Norddeutschen Bundes und des Deutschen Zollvereins für Gesetzgebung, Volume 1, Berlin, 1868. Annales des Deutschen Reichs. Vormals Annalen des Norddeutschen Bundes und des Deutschen Zollvereins für Gesetzgebung, Volume 3, Berlin, 1870, Annuaire diplomatique de l’Empire Ottoman. Constantinopel: Typ. et Lithographie Centrales, 1872. Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire de la République française. Paris, 1858-1914. Annuaire diplomatique et consulaire des états des deux mondes, 1883. Bierbrier, Morris L. Who Was Who in Egyptology. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 2012. Bringmann, Tobias C. Handbuch der Diplomatie 1815-1963: Auswärtige Missionschefs in Deutschland und deutsche Missionschefs im Ausland von Metternich bis Adenauer, München: K. G. Saur Verlag, 2001, 73. Bronnen tot de geschiedenis van den Levantschen handel 1590-1826. 4 delen in 6 banden: Vierde deel, 1765-1826, eerste stuk en tweede stuk. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1964-1966. Cattaui, René. Le règne de Mohammed Aly d’après les archives russes en Égypte: La mission du Colonel Duhamel, 1834-1837. pte. 1. La mission, 1834-1836. Vol. II1. l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire, pour la Société royale de géographis d’Égypte, 1933. ———. Le règne de Mohammed Aly d’après les archives russes en Égypte: La mission du Colonel Duhamel, 1834-1837. pte. 2. La mission, 1836-1837. Vol. II2. l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire, pour la Société royale de géographis d’Égypte, 1936. ———. Le règne de Mohammed Aly d’après les archives russes en Égypte: La mission du Comte Médem, 1837-1841 et la mission de M. Krehmer, 1841-1844. Vol. III. Roma: Istituto poligrafico delle Stato, 1936. ———. Le règne de Mohammed Aly d’après les archives russes en Égypte: Rapports consulaires de 1819 à 1833. l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire, pour la Société royale de géographis d’Égypte, 1931. ———. Le règne de Monhamed Aly: d’après les archives russes en Égypte ... Caire: Impr. de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire, pour la Société royale de géographie d’Égypte, 1931. Deusch, Engelbert. Die effektiven Konsuln Österreich (-Ungarns) von 1825-1918: ihre Ausbildung, Arbeitsverhältnisse und Biografien. Köln Weimar Wien: Böhlau Verlag, 2017, 416-419. Gazzini, Mario. "Capi di Missione e Rappresentanti Consolari Italiani Nell'Africa del Nord", Giglio, Carlo, and Marco Mozzati. Inventario delle fonti manoscritte relative alla storia dell'Africa del Nord esistenti in Italia, 538–542. Leiden: Brill, 1971. Hamburgischer Staats-Kalender. Hamburg. Nestler & Melle, 1850-1870. Hof- rijks- en residentie-almanak voor Nederland en zijne koloniën [Opregte 's-Gravenhaagsche stads-almanak/s-Gravenhaagsche stads- en residentie-almanak/Nederlandsche residentie en 's-Gravenhaagsche stadsalmanak/ Residentie-almanak/Rijks- en residentie-almanak voor het Koningrijk der Nederlanden]. The Hague: Belinfante, 1823-1903. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/chiefsofmission/egypt Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender. Copenhagen, 1800-1914. Recueil consulaire contenant les rapports commerciaux des agents belges à l'étranger. Brussels: Tarlier, 1855-1914. Saint-Omer, Henry de. Les entreprises belges en Egypte. Rapport sur la situation économique des sociétés belges et belgo-égyptiennes fonctionnant en Egypte. Brussels: G. Piquart, 1907. The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book. London, 1849-1914. Wright, Arnold. Twentieth Century Impressions of Egypt Its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources. London: Lloyd's Greater Britain Pub. Co., 1909. <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a> (CC-BY). http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HDGJVGM1T8SP8JXGCN2Q1ERF Vandersmissen, Jan, and Christophe Verbruggen. 2023. “Governing Belgian Expansionism in Egypt : The Practice of Interlocking Directorates (1893-1947).” JOURNAL OF BELGIAN HISTORY-REVUE BELGE D HISTOIRE CONTEMPORAINE-BELGISCH TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR NIEUWSTE GESCHIEDENIS 53 (3): 18–46. http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HGGSTSQBPVZB1SB1ET31GNJ6 Huskens, Gert. 2023. “In the Shadow of Ancient Thebes : Belgian Consular Representation in Luxor and Local Elites, 1860 and 1937.” DIPLOMATICA 5 (2): 169–94. https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-bja10095. SODHA CULTURE SCIENCE.csv Sub-set ‘Culture-Science’ focusses on actors affiliated to the learned societies as well as other cultural and scientific organisations. It is based on data retrieved from the yearbooks as well as these organisation’s respective journals and livres d’or. Cut-off date is 1926, the publication of a full member list of the Royal Automobile Club of Egypt. text/csv SODHA DIPLOMACY.csv Sub-set ‘Diplomacy’ provides a full overview of diplomatic actors in late viceregal (1830-1867) and khedivial Egypt (1867-1914). It features all members of foreign diplomatic corpses stationed in Egypt and parts of current-day Sudan between 1830 and 1914 mentioned in the Almanach de Gotha and national (diplomatic) yearbooks. text/csv SODHA ECONOMY.csv Sub-set ‘Economy’ focusses on actors affiliated to the field of business and commerce. The organisations included are the listed enterprises mentioned in the yearbooks having in seat in Alexandria or Cairo. It is based on data retrieved from the yearbooks and also covers members of 28 boards of Belgian companies operating in Egypt between 1893 and 1947 and their respective relations with Belgian companies retrieved from the Recueil financier. Cut-off date is 1947. text/csv SODHA EGYPT ELITE.csv Main dataset ‘EgyptElite’ combines all of the data in the specific subsets. It covers the relations of actors related to the aforementioned sectors ‘Diplomacy’, ‘International Mixed Governance’, ‘Culture-Science’, ‘Social-Ethnic-Religion’, ‘Economy’ and ‘Government’. It gives an in-depth look into the affiliations of the members of Egypt’s international community between 1867 and 1914 in particular. It is the most exhaustive sub-set, but the granularity and level of detail of the data varies across the different sectors, organisations and actors. Cut-off date is 1952. text/csv SODHA GOVERNMENT.csv Sub-set ‘Government’ focusses on actors who were members of the Egyptian government cabinets between 1878 and 1952. The data mainly covers the members affiliated to cabinets between 1878 and 1914. Cut-off date is 1952. text/csv SODHA INTERNATIONAL MIXED GOVERNANCE.csv Sub-set ‘International Mixed Governance’ focusses on actors affiliated to the main institutions in the field of Egyptian international mixed governance: the municipality of Alexandria, the Conseil Sanitaire, Maritime et Quarantenaire, the Caisse de la Dette Publique and the Mixed Courts. It is based on data retrieved from the yearbooks as well as the Mixed Court’s livre d'or that contains career data up to 1926. Cut-off date is 1926. text/csv SODHA SOCIAL ETHNIC RELIGION.csv Sub-set ‘Social-Ethnic-Religion’ focusses on actors affiliated to a wide-array of organisation structuring the social lives of Cairo and Alexandria. This are community organisations, schools, unions, associations, etc. Cut-off date is 1914. text/csv