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File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo' [102r] (113/384)
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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Will you please refer to the Secretary” of State ! s
telegram of the 4th August, regarding the question of
appointing Jacob to the Arab Bureau in place of fforde.
We have ascertained from the Arab Bureau that
they are entirely satisfied with ffordes work and that he
is proving extremely useful to them,as indeed he is to us,
moreover he himself now appears entirely content in that
appointment. It has therefore been decided in view of the
possibility of active operations in the near future at
Aden, to keep Jacob there until the situation clears. His
unique knowledge of the Aden hinterland and of the personnel
of the Chiefs renderJhis presence there at such a time
almost indispensible, and. his health seems to have been
considerably improved by a visit to Simla.
The question may therefore be postponed
indefinitely for the present. Our idea had been if
Jacob’s health had absolutely necessitated a change, to post
Major Wood who is now working under him at Aden in Jacob’s
place. I have ascertained from Colonel Clayton of the
Arab Bureau, that though perfectly satisfied with fforde
they would if a change was considered necessary gladly
welcome Jacob as Liaison Officer in his place, and I think
Jacob’s Indian experience would be quite sufficient to
enable him to represent Indian interests on the /rab Bureau,
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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'
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- 46r:128v, 132r:136v, 138r:181v, 186r:237v
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