'Memorandum on British Commitments to King Husein'

IOR/L/PS/18/B292

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The record is made up of 10 folios. It was created in 1918. It was written in English and French. 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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Content: This is a printed memorandum outlining British commitments made to King Husein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] compiled by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The memorandum is split into seven sections as follows: 'General Guarantees against the Restoration of the status quo'; 'Guarantees regarding the Moslem [Muslim] Holy Places'; 'Boundaries of Arab Independence'; 'Foreign Administration of Irak [Iraq], Syria and Palestine'; 'Relation of Sherif Husein to Great Britain'; 'Sheif Husein's Title'; and 'The Caliphate'. References to various sources, including Foreign Office correspondence, the Meccan El Qibla [al-Qiblah] newspaper and La Verité sur la question syrienne (Fourth Turkish Army Command: Stamboul, 1916), are made in the text and in footnotes.
Extent and format: 10 folios
Physical characteristics: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 102 and terminates at folio 111, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Written in: English and French in Latin script
Type: Archival file

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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/B292
Former external reference(s): B292 Special 3
Date(s): 1918 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: First World War (1914-1918)International relations
Places: Arabian Peninsula
People & organisations: Foreign Office, Political Intelligence DepartmentKing of HejazḤusayn bin 'Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B292
Title: 'Memorandum on British Commitments to King Husein'
Pages: 102r:111v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence