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'File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement' [‎39r] (82/444)

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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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and torobs from damage in the course of military operations and occupation,
and directing that no obstacles whatever be placed in the way of Imams,
Mujtahi r !s, Ulemas, and other religious persons following freely and as usual the
ordinary practices of their religion.
27
Telegram P., No. 50-D. S., dated tie 16th November 1915.
Prom—His Excellency the Viceroy (Foreign and Political Department), Delhi,
To—His Majesty's Secretary of State for India, London.
In a telegram § from General Nixon regarding future of Mesopotamia he
refers us to Sir Mark Sykes’ No. 16, of
§ scnai No. 22 . ^ 3 ^ October, to Director, Military Opera
tions, War Office, in which Cox’s and his own views were communicated. No
copy of Sykes’ communication referred to above has been received by us, and
we should he obliged if you could obtain and communicate to us gist of its
contents. Otherwise confusion is likely to result from this procedure.
28
Telegram P., No. 149, dated the 18th (received 19th) November 1915.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi.
In case Germans should cut Indo-European Telegraph Department wires
from Tehran will you instruct Consuls in Persia to whom you can still send
messages to issue proclamation which has been prepared for publication on fall
of Baghdad. All wires from Tehran are interrupted at Kum already.
S. G. P. I., Delhi.—No. 713 F. D.—25-11-15—6.

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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)
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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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