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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [‎27] (42/148)

The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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Arabia] DANGERS OF A " HOLY WAR " 27
and northern Yemen, the home of the mediatised
imam, and all the region east of Sana, were free of
them altogether. The Turks had no other holding in
the Peninsula; for the province of Hasa had been
snatched by the Emir of Nejd in the spring of 1913,
and their occupation of Doha (El-Bida'a) in El-Katr,
never recognised by us as effective, had terminated
shortly afterwards. Nor, though they claimed Koweit,
had they ever been allowed to take it. For ten years
past, however, they had been obtaining predominant
influence in the Emirate of Jebel Shammar, and latterly
had concluded an agreement with the Emir of Nejd to
the effect that, since de facto he was occupying Hasa,
he should hold it de jure as vassal " Vali of Nejd."
Dangers of a " Holy War "
War with Turkey entailed on Great Britain and her
Allies certain potential dangers in and from Arabia.
The most serious (looming not in the Arabian Penin
sula alone) was that the strenuous efforts then being
made through the Porte by the Central Empires to
arouse Moslems to a general Holy War would be re
sponded to by the Arabs. Whether this result should
ensue or not, and in whatever degree, there was every
likelihood that the Turks would try to organise on
their Arabian littoral impediments and perils to our
trunk sea-route to the East. Lastly, if they were to
be left in control of all their holding in western
Arabia, Aden, the East African possessions of the
Allies, and even those in the Middle and Farther East,
would be dangerously accessible to the enemy.
Great Britain's Alliance with the Grand Sherif
In search of a local ally to combat these dangers,
Great Britain naturally turned to the Grand Sherif.
The metropolitan position of his city in Islam and his
own authentic holy lineage would make very effective
a refusal by him to countenance Holy War against us,

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This volume contains information on the geography, political history and economic conditions of Arabia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in April 1919.

It is divided into four sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'; 'Political History'; 'Political Conditions' and 'Economic Conditions'. There is an Appendix, containing tables regarding trade in Aden, Muscat and Bahrein, 1909-1917.

There is a map 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabia', compiled by the War Office on June 1914.

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1 volume (69 folios)
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the map on a sleeve on the inside back cover, on number 70.

Pagination: There is also an original pagination, iv-vi, 2-127.

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