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'File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement' [68r] (140/444)
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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_ There are manv Shiah Arabs in Irak but there/also many Christian
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Arabs in the west, but neither fact appears to me to preclude
general agreement on lines suggested. Every portion of Arab
empire will require some different form of admnistration to
suit its local conditions, and this alone will I think sufficiently
postpone or prevent creation of united independent Arab State
wnich India seems to apprehend.
Even such an Arab State established and controlled under
entente auspices will present far less danger than survival of
: hostile Ottoman empire wherein Arabs would be under Turks, Turks
under Committee of Union and progress and the latter under Germany
a contingency which cannot be regarded as impossible if con
clusion of (group undecypherable ?war) finds Turkey with an
unbeaten army in Syria and North Mesopotamia. Jith regard to
objections to Arab movement raised in other quarters I tuink io
right to warn His Alajesty’s Government Gnat Germans ano. Young
Turks are doubtless endeavouring to employ certain indirect in
fluences. French financial interests and Indian Mohammedanism were
both brought into play on the recapture of Adrianople, and one
must anticipate this influence again in tnis connection.
The Shereef’s letter demands a reply, and I regret the
delay which my absence has caused in submitting proposals.
In doing so now I am faced with the great difficulty wnich
besets our treatment of the Arab question if tne policy of
awaiting in Egypt the threatened Turco-German advance is adhered
to. This policy will jeopardise any attempt to secure Arab co
operation and it would appsar unwise urging Arabs into prema
ture activity which through want of our support and xear of Tur
kish retaliation might hasten their abandonment of our cause.(In
this connection see also the Sirdar’s views as staoed in my
telegram of November 16th).
The
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- 'File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:85v, 90r:91v, 100r:108v, 110r:157v, 159r:192v, 197r:219v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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