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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [48v] (6/384)
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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Telegram P., No. 1020-S., dated the 9th October 1917.
From—-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla,
To—-The Chief Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces, Naini Tal.
Fforde of Arab Bureau, Cairo, has applied for and been granted six
months’ combined leave on urgent private affairs. We trust His Honour sees
no obiection. Please have his title to this leave verified by Audit authorities,
and inform Fforde care of
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.
, forwarding copy here. He will revert
to United Provinces on conclusion of leave.
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Telegram No. 1314, dated the 7th (received 8th) December 1917.
From—The British High Commissioner, Egypt, Cairo,
To—His Excellency the Viceroyl(Foreign and Political Department), Delhi.
Your telegram 1148* and Viceroy’s
1017-S.f Fforde went on leave November
fSerial No. 9. 6th.
Addressed to Foreign Office, repeated to India 1314i.
•Not received.
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No. 1218-W., dated Delhi, the 24th December 1917 (Confidential).
Endorsed by Foreign and Political Department.
A copy of the undermentioned papers is forwarded to the Chief Secretary
to the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, for informa-
tion, in continuation of the telegram;
j serial No. io. f r0m the Government of India in the
Foreign and Political Department, No. 1020-S., dated the 9th October 1917.
Telegram from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, dated the 4th October 1917.
(Serial No. 8.)
Telegram to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, No. 1017-S., dated the 9th
October 1917. (Serial No. 9.)
Telegram from the British High Commissioner, Egypt, Cairo, No. 1 314, dated the 7th
December 1917. (Serial No. 11.) /
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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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