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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [54r] (17/384)
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. ?.
Prom - The British High Commissioner, Bgypt, Bacos Ramleh,
s To - The Secretary to the Government of India
in the Poreign and Political Department, Simla.
No.638-M.
Dated the 10th )
) September 1917.
Reed, the 11th j
Provided you consider him sufficiently acquainted with Indian
Moslem opinion Jacob could, in addition to Aden liaison here, do fiaxi
fforde f s work at Bureau. I had in mind an arrangement of this sort
and I thought that after a short visit to Cairo Harold might be
employed most profitably at Aden. Resident has not yet been
consulted by me on the subject.
This is with reference to your telegram Ho.931-S.
Telegram. P.
Prom - The Secretary to the Government of India
in the Poreign and Political Department, Simla;
To - The British High Commissioner, Egypt, Cairo.
No.962-3.
Dated 12th September 1917.
We implied in £KST£± our telegram No.931-S that JacoVs
qualifications were considered ade piate.
This is with reference to your telegram of the 10th instant,
No.638-M.
Telegram. P.
Prom - The Secretary to the G-overnment of India in the
Poreign and Political Department, Simla;
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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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