File 2100/1916 Pt 2 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt' [138r] (283/445)
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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7. The War Committee heard the views of Sir Mark. Sykes
on the-question of Policy in the Middle East.
Sir Mark Sykes strongly urged the following action for the most
effective prosecution of the war :—
(a.) That His Majesty’s Government should give the Egyptian
Government instructions in such a form as to stimulate
the activity and energy of the civil administration with
a view to increasing the moral and material resources of
the army in Egypt;
(6.) That the British Government should definitely adopt a con
sistent pro-Arab policy in all parts of the Middle East,
and in execution of this policy that Sir Percy Cox should
be appointed High Commissioner of Eastern Arabia,
Hadramaut, and Aden, and should be charged directly
under the Foreign Office instead of under the Indian
Government, as at present, with all negotiations with the
Arab tribes with which we have relations from Aden to
Mesopotamia inclusive. Under this proposal the politma
relations with the north side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
would
remain in the hands of the Indian Government the line
of delimitation being in the region of the line Moham-
merah—Ahwaz.
It was arranged that this latter proposal should be discussed
forthwith between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and .he
Secretary of State for India, with the assistance of Lord Curzon
and Lord Hardinge of Penshurst.
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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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