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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [‎47v] (4/384)

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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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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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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [‎47v] (4/384), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/576/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100044744121.0x00006a> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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