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The record is made up of 1 volume (271 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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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the war with Germany and Turkey and implications for the Caliphate and the pan-Arab movement. The discussion in the volume relates specifically to the view of the Government of India on Sir Henry Arthur McMahon's correspondence and negotiations with Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, Grand Sharif of Mecca. The volume is divided into two parts. The first part (IOR/L/PS/10/525/1) is particularly focussed on discussion of negotiations with Jemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
Further discussion surrounds the advance on Baghdad, the protection of Muslim shrines and the deferment of any public pronouncement on the caliphate until Baghdad has been captured by British forces.
The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for India; the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge); and the Sherif of Mecca (Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī).
The volume comprises parts 3-4 of 6 parts. Both parts include a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (271 folios)
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- 60 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/525/1481 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/525/2
- Arrangement
The subject 55 (German War) consists of 5 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/524-527. The volumes are divided into 5 parts with parts 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/523) and 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/524) comprising one volume each, parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume (IOR/L/PS/10/525) and parts 5 (IOR/L/PS/10/526) and 6 IOR/L/PS/10/527) comprising one volume each.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 273; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525
- Former external reference(s)
- P 53 1915 Pt III
- Date(s)
- 1915-1916 (CE, Gregorian)
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- InsurrectionsFirst World War campaignsFirst World War (1914-1918)BoundariesDiplomacyRebellionsMuslimsInternational conflicts
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- IraqSyriaBaghdadMiddle EastArabian Peninsula
- People & organisations
- Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsViceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilGrand Sharif of MeccaPermanent Under-Secretary of State for IndiaHigh Commissioner, Egypt
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525/1
- Title
- File P 53/1915 Part III 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; Caliphate and Jemal Pasha'
- Pages
- 272r:272v
- Author
- Russian Empire: Minister for Foreign Affairs
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525/2
- Title
- File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc'
- Pages
- 66r:71v, 203v:204r
- Author
- al-Hāshimī, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525/2
- Title
- File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc'
- Pages
- 79r:80r
- Author
- Times of India
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525/2
- Title
- File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc'
- Pages
- 130r:130v, 189r:189v
- Author
- ʿAbdullāh I xx al-Hāshimī, ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn xx al-Hāshimī, ʿAbdullāh bin al-Ḥussein
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525/2
- Title
- File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc'
- Pages
- 67r:71v, 126r:128v, 173r:178v, 185r:187v, 196v:197v, 203v:204r
- Author
- al-Hāshimī, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525
- Title
- File 53/1915 Pt 3-4 'German War - The Caliphate'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:2v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525/1
- Title
- File P 53/1915 Part III 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; Caliphate and Jemal Pasha'
- Pages
- 243r:271v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/525/2
- Title
- File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence