'Correspondence with the Grand Sherif of Mecca'
IOR/L/PS/18/B222
16 items in this record
Search within this record
The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in 24 Sep 1914-10 Mar 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. .
About this record
- Content
This secret file is a collection of printed correspondence. It contains telegrams between Joshua Milne Crompton Cheetham, Acting High Commissioner at Cairo, and the Foreign Office, letters from and correspondence between Shaikh Abdalla Ibn Hosayn [Abd Allāh ibn al-Husayn] and his father, Hussein bin Ali [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī ], Sherif of Mecca, and Mr Storrs, Oriental Secretary to the British Representative in Cairo and Sir McMahon, High Commissioner in Cairo. The subject of the correspondence is the Arab revolt to obtain independence from the Ottoman Empire, with the Sherif writing to the British to request protection and acknowledgment of the Arab countries' independence under an Arab Caliphate.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (8 folios)
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
Archive information for this record
- Original held at
- 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.
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B222
- Date(s)
- 24 Sep 1914-10 Mar 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
- Related primary sources
IOR/L/PS/10/526: 1666/16
Access & Reference
History of this record
Related material
Related search terms
- Subjects
- CaliphateArab Revolt (1916-1918)
- Places
- MeccaCairo
- People & organisations
- High Commissioner, EgyptImperial Government of the Ottoman EmpireGrand Sharif of Mecca
Use and share this record
- Share this record
- Cite this record in your research
'Correspondence with the Grand Sherif of Mecca', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/18/B222, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00024f> [accessed 8 October 2024]
- Link to this record
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00024f
- IIIF details
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00024f/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/18/B222
- Title
- 'Correspondence with the Grand Sherif of Mecca'
- Pages
- 1r:8v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
