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File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [112r] (220/481)
The record is made up of 1 item (242 folios). It was created in 1915-1916. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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^ His Britannic Majesty^ Govcrmwnt ,
and sho ul d be retnraed to the Foreign Office when dime r **witj 3 r '
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Decypher. Sir H, McMahon (Cairo)
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March 21at, 1916,.
Dr SrOrPrlA,
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No, 202,
March 2l6t., 1916,
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Your teleRran No, 173,
Messenger Crop ShereeC with instructions to take
over money has arrived at Port Sudan, He has drought
letter of which the purport has been telegraphed as
follows
Notwithstanding possible difficulty in meeting his
demands he sends messenger to take over whatever nay be
npprovodr
His eldest son left for place mentioned in prev
ious correspondence on February 23:a, no news of irv-
portanco yet received from his son Faysal in Syria ex
cept that attack on Egypt is delayed pending arrival
of German artillery*
Shereef calls attention to two points,
(1) It Faysal finds movement referred to in
previous letter difficult he is to force on a mutiny
whan he hears of Sheroef’s rising and cutting of rail
way, SherefCs) forces are to occupy railway line
strengthen his son's forces and meet any threatened
ov^nvrjf-f qepcs that wo attack if pos-
attack of enemy, Sheiefi asks wu
c»vrin at the same time,
sihle some portion ol ojrw
(B) After rising is declared it is necessary to
raise large levies (Shereef estimates that he can
ra^ise 250,000) and a considerable amount of arms and
ammunition and supplies over and above what has al-
ready
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Part 4 consists of correspondence relating to the possible declaration of a caliphate in Arabia and is a continuation of part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/525/1). The papers tell of the British assessment of the situation and the French attitude, as well as correspondence and negotiations with Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, the Grand Sharif of Mecca. The file also discusses the British view of the proposed blockade of the Arabian ports in the Red Sea.
The file also includes a printed document (ff 25-242) marked 'secret' entitled 'Policy in the Middle East', which consists mainly of communications on the military situation in Mespotamia from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Mark Sykes to the Director of Military Information.
The discussion over such matters is mostly between Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, the General Officer Commanding, Egypt, and the Commander-in-Chief, India.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.
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- Title
- File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc'
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- 3r:14v, 15ar, 15r:65v, 72r:78v, 80v:125v, 129r:129v, 131r:172v, 179r:184v, 188r:188v, 190r:196r, 198r:203r, 204v:242v
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