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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [47r] (3/384)
The record is made up of 1 item. It was created in 10 Dec 1915-6 Mar 1918. 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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1918
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Telegram P., dated the 13th (received Hth) August ltTl7.
Prom-His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, London, | 9 1 8
To—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla.
* Not received.
Arab Bureau. Can you arrange ? This
is with reference to Cairo telegram* 835
of August 8th.
2
Telegram P., No. 8S4-S., dated the 15th August 1917.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—The British High Commissioner, Egypt, Alexandria.
Your telegram 835 of
be repeated.
August 8tb, regarding
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Arab
Bureau, should please
Telegram E., No. 835, dated (and received) the 17th August 1917.
From—The British High Commissioner, Egypt, Bacos Ramleh,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
(Addressed London Foreign Office.)
Mr. A. B. horde is applying to Government of India for six months’ leave
on urgent private affairs from September 20th which application if granted
necessitates relinquishment of his present post of Government of India’s re
presentative on staff of Arab Bureau, Cairo.
His services have been invaluable and advantage of having*at Cairo
official with Indian experience is very apparent.
I trust Government of India will be able to send a successor to fforde.
Lieutenant-Colonel C. F. Harold, Indian Political Department, who
has served previously in Soudan and at Aden would be very suitable if
Government of India could spare him.
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Telegram P., No. 931-S., dated the 1st September 1917.
From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Simla,
To—His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, London (repeated British Hio-h
Commissioner, Egypt).
Harold is available, but as his experience has been mainly in Aden, we
doubt his capacity to represent our views particularly on questions touching
Indian Moslem opinion. Would it not be possible for Jacob to do both work
of liaison officer for Aden and Arab Bureau ?
t Serial No. i. This is with re ^ eren ce to your telegramf
August 13th.
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Telegram P., No. 442-A. P., dated (and received) the 1st September 1917.
From—The Resident at Aden,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
(Addressed Political, Bombay; repeated Cairo.)
Your telegram4 31st August, 135-P. I certainly cannot spare Beilly.
J Not received. When asked for his services for the Army,
I reported to that effect. I am sending
him on a political mission immediately. As regards Harrison, now that Jacob
is posted to Egypt, I hope Wood will remain here as First Assistant. I must
have men in touch with the present situation.
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The papers concern the establishment and work of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department, which was set up to co-ordinate Arabian and Islamic intelligence in the face of German and Turkish propaganda, which had been making rapid headway in the region during the First World War (1914-18). The papers record the organisation and establishment of the Arab Bureau, and include tributes to the work of Arthur Brownlow fforde (the Government of India representative on the staff of the Arab Bureau) and Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (Corresponding Officer for Mesopotamia).
The principal correspondents are the Viceroy of India; Arthur Brownlow fforde; and senior officials of the 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. , the Foreign Office, and the Government of India.
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