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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [81r] (71/384)
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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Ihe Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department,
To
General Sir R, Wingate, G.C,B M G,C,¥,0. ,K*C,M.G #
His Majesty’s High Commissioner, %ypt, Cairo,
Dated Simla, the ?th June 1917,
. Sir,
I am directed to forward, for your information, a
Secret despatch from His Maj esty’sfcopy of the marginally cited
Secretary of State for India, £
No, 17, dated the 4th May 19i7, |
with enclosure!. ^despatch regarding the ser
vices rendered by Mr. A, B.
fforde, I. C. S., while attached to the Arab Bureau at Cairo.
N* I am to request that the appreciation expressed by
His Majesty’s late High Commissioner for Ifeypt my kindly be
conveyed to Mr. fforde.
I have, etc *,
Sd/- A, H. Grant.
Secretary to the Government of India,
LU CLOS d R E I
F0ii£IGN
M. J,J%OJUL1917)f
Lei.Q,. No. ,M | X<'
Dated 15 JUN refekN
cj Cj & i V h
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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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