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'File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement' [‎18v] (41/444)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 1915-1916. 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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Enclosure to Serial No, 11,
Telegram P.^ No. 209'1 , -E. J dated the 31st October 191o.
Prom—The General Officer Commanding, Egypt, Cairo,
To—The Commander-in-Chief in India, Delhi.
A copy of telegram No. 827* (dated October 27th ?) from Foreign Office,
, AT to the Viceroy, repeated to High Commis-
sioner, Egypt, has been seen by me.
In my opinion we should seize this excellent opportunity of issuing a pro
clamation giving verbatim text of our proposals to the Sheriff of Mecca and Arab
party; so far as Iraq and Mesopotamia are affected thereby. The High Com
missioner, Egypt, has already sent the gist of these proposals to the Viceroy,
This is an opportunity of honestly and properly letting our intentions be
known, and it would convince the Sheriff that we are sincere, and would also
do an infinite amount of good. Suspicion would be aroused if we did anything
short of this, and Arabs are peculiarly suspicious,
I am told by leaders of Arab party here that a certain Lieutenant Mowlood
Mukhlis is a man of influence among the Arab party and would be useful for
spreading our policy among Arabs, He is a Cavalry Officer from Musal and
with 3 others, is reported to have deserted from the Turks 3 or 1 months a^o.
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Telegram ?., dated (and received) the 4th November 1915
From—His Majesty's British High Commissioner of Egypt, Cairo,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy (Foreign and Political Department), Delhi.
Please see last paragraph of my telegramf to Foreign Office No. B44-Secret.
t Serial No. 6. To-iay we are sending you Arabic text of
letter to Sheriff of Mecca by bag.
13
Telegram P., dated the 5th (received 6th) November 1915,
From The High Commissioner of Egypt,
To—His Excellency the Viceroy (Foreign and Political Department).
Secret. I have sent following as No. 674, dated 5th November, to Foreign
t Semi xo. 10 . Office:— Begins, Please see Viceroy of
“sheriff-
tirfcd S mf h “ reStrfcted lati ^ewhreFn a :tu a ;^rXtua?
regard^ to'^Vilayats^of^Baghdad^and* 1 !!^ 68 ?^ 111 ^ t 38 . follows
established position and interests of G^eaT^ t 6 - ArabS V* recognise that
sures of administrative control L„ ? . ® lltam “ e <=essitate special mea-
‘ administrative ’ in Imha’s^telefframVif r" ^ before word
those territories from foreign aesressio-n • to ull( ers * oo l J 111 order to secure
populations and to safeguard" our^mutuaUconoSntere^-- Welfare ° f ^
definitelMonX.'adn ,!^ ° f ^ and
as well as development and commercial nmi’" 1 ''* r" • I ? ternal administration
as regards military measures maustnal enterprise and also
in those" “n ^onruVtiou^ith and control
representatives here interpreted it in that sense. P dlnS clause an(1 Arab

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the war with Germany and Turkey and implications for the Caliphate and the pan-Arab movement. The discussion in the volume relates specifically to the view of the Government of India on Sir Henry Arthur McMahon's correspondence and negotiations with Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, Grand Sharif of Mecca. Also included are the views of Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes.

The volume includes the text of the Grand Sharif's letter and the text of Sir Henry McMahon's reply. Further discussion surrounds the advance on Baghdad, the protection of Muslim shrines and the deferment of any public pronouncement until the city had been captured by British forces.

The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for India; the Grand Sharif of Mecca (Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī) and the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge).

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, subject headings, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (218 folios)
Arrangement

The subject 55 (German War) consists of 5 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/524-527. The volumes are divided into 5 parts with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume each, parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume and parts 5 and 6 comprising one volume each.

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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