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File P 3372/1916 Pt 1 'Arab Revolt: the French Mission. French Designs in Hedjaz' [40r] (88/368)
The record is made up of 1 volume (178 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1916-31 May 1917. It was written in English and French. 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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copy.
(40845)
Private.
THE
RESIDENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
,
CAIRO.
1000
ID 17
11th February, 1917.
Dear Mr. Balfour:-
I am sending this hy the hand of Captain
George Lloyd, M.P., who is fully posted with my views
on the important issue raised in the attached letter
from Colonel lilson ('Pilgrimage Officer" at Jeddah) and
cognate questions. There is, I fear, an impression in
London that we have been unduly "exclusive" in our
dealings with our French Allies in the Hedjaz. Lloyd
as the result of a prolonged stay at Jeddah, and some
first-hand experience of our Allies' activities in the
Hedjaz, will supply you with information which will
enable you to correct this impression and will call
your attention to certain aspects of the local situation
with v/hich we have had to deal.
I cannot but agree that our Allies have given
some grounds for the suspicion that they are prepared
to sacrifice the success of the Hedjaz revolt (and
forgo the great political benefits that v/ill accrue
therefrom) in the belief that this success, directly or
indirectly, might militate against the full realization
of their territorial aims in Syria.
We
' '
The Right Honourable
Arthur James Balfour, O.M., M.P.,
&c., &c., &c.
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The volume contains correspondence, and 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. Secret Department minute papers, mostly relating to French policy regarding the Hedjaz [Hejaz or Hijaz]. This correspondence largely consists of: copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the British High Commissioner of Egypt (Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, followed by Sir Francis Reginald Wingate); and copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom (letters from the French Ambassador are in French). It also includes some correspondence between 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. and the Foreign Office.
The volume includes correspondence concerning: the proposed French civil and military mission to the Sherif [Sharif, also spelled Shereef in the correspondence] of Mecca, Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi; the proposed pilgrimage to Mecca of Muslims from Algeria, Tunis and Morocco, arranged by the French Government; correspondence regarding the reported requests of King Hussein for the employment of Muslim doctors from French colonies in North Africa in the Hedjaz, and for a wireless telegraph installation in the Hedjaz to connect Rabegh [Rabigh], Jeddah and Mecca; and the British desire for the withdrawal of the French Military Mission to the Hedjaz.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (178 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 3372 (Pt 1 Arab Revolt, and Pt 2 Arabia) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/615-616. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 178; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/615
- Title
- File P 3372/1916 Pt 1 'Arab Revolt: the French Mission. French Designs in Hedjaz'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:25v, 27r:36v, 38r:46v, 52r:70v, 72r:83v, 87r:92v, 94r:101v, 103r:108v, 111r:136v, 138r:145v, 151r:163v, 166r:178v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence