File 2100/1916 Pt 2 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt' [6r] (20/445)
The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 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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Decypher c e telegma from Dir LhicMshon
Augast 17 th 1915.
(d. 7eb5 p,nio i% 10.30 p„m* August 17th) t
No.703.
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Your telegram No,600o
Wilson in reply to my enquiries about pilgrjm
prospects telegraphs he considers that the road
from Jeddah to Liecca quite safe and tliat Dhereef is
most anxious for pilgrims to be v/ell looked after,
./i Is on is endeavouring to get Shore ef to make a
public announcement on the subject. This './ill doubt
less include reference to temporary impossibility of
subsidiary pilgrimage to Medina, of which doubtless
Indian Moslems are aware.
Addressed to Foreign Office, sent to India,
Aden and to tne
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
No.703.
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to measures to support the Arab revolt (1916-18)against the Ottoman Turks.
The file contains:
- correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Aden (Brigadier-General William Crawford Walton) and Idrīsī Imām of ʻAsīr about a rebellion against the Ottoman Turks
- supply of munitions to the Idrisi
- proposed subsidy to the Grand Sherif of Mecca, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī and measures relating to the opening of trade and postal communication with the Hijaz
- further discussion surrounding the decision of the War Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence as to measures to be taken by HM Government to support the Arab rebellion against the Turks
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (219 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2100 (German War: Arab Revolt) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/597-602. The volumes are divided into 7 parts, with parts 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 comprising one volume each, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 217; 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 front and back covers, along with the leading flyleaf and ending flyleaf, have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 175-217 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 2100/1916 Pt 2 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:100r, 101r:203v, 207r:207v, 212r:217v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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