This study provides a description of a number of sites providing services
and health care in Egypt at the end of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries AD
through the official documents of the Egyptian government contained in a number
of bureaus, ministries, interests, and bodies, with the clarification and explanation
of their budgets, and the material and logistical needs required of Funds, and
equipment, to provide these Services for the pilgrims of God's Sacred House
every year, and this study deals with the documentation of health services
provided to pilgrims in that period that witnessed many multiple political
fluctuations, including the beginning of the English occupation of Egypt in 1882
AD, and the decline of Ottoman influence on Egypt, and on the Hijaz that came
under the influence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after its establishment in
1932 AD, these events that affected the ways and mechanisms for providing
these services and health care for Egyptian pilgrims, as well as for pilgrims
crossing through the land, and Egyptian sea routes, which is in addition to
previous studies and works That dealt with the topic from different angles, also,
this study touched on some of the literature that dealt with this topic, which
provided the Arab Library with false, or sometimes unconfirmed, information on
the extent of the Egyptian administration's interest in providing these health
services, which this study sought to answer in a way Scientific through what was
mentioned in the Egyptian official documents.
On the other hand - this study sought to reveal the terms and
documentary terms that were used officially in this health, administrative,
financial, marine, and other terms used during the nineteenth and early twentieth
century, and which were known and used by official officials in blogging Records,
and official records produced during that period.