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'File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement' [96r] (196/444)
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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Is futti?# to immimt os hound^rim w# o&osld tmU in
Obtaining our dooiros asd the reoult wo«ld thm he quite
the r«r«r»o, as the a»tt«r is of euoh Yitmt import
Affeetij^ our Tory life «nd oxiotonoo, mor^ore we tseiotod
m S®^tisg forthor is regard to theiMi
boundariea 00 that we migjat 1‘irot ho ar^i?! to know what the
wiewe of that Oorerrsaent w^re and -thus fee guided is our
ohoioe of the looser of -the two #rUs and th« easier eours#
fey wfeioh to uphold the integrity of the faith and aatiea&Uty
as ms more feefitting. Here is a ol«ar proof of th©
neoessity for desperate measures in seeking the happiness
of attaining the holy efejeot* X refer to the proofamstion
issued fey the Ottuemns and whidh was based on the fetwe of
their shaikh of Islea, authorising their troops to eat during
fee month of Bamadan last in the town of your aneestor (the
rrophet) and in Ms holy preeenee. this was based merely on
the supposition feat they were prepared for the Jehad, while
in fact they wore idying (quietly} • Such an crept act, though
but m snail thing makes further explanation in regard to the
nobility of fee cause decided upon unnecessary, they haws
at least transgressed against God and against your ancestor
and his family. We May fee among those feeliswers of whm he
said*-* fher# are men who acted in accordance wife their
«holy promise to God - some of thm have and some are still
* waiting and are making changes*
this is what we have united to do. key God help ue end you to
hold to our word, lists is the purport of what you wanted to
know and 1 have only reproduced it in conformity with-your
previous request. We ask fee co-operation of your great
seal in the cause of protecting fee honour of fee faith no
matter whet fee result of fee present war may fee, because you
also have great moral and material interests to safeguard#
Our inclinations, which you wife to understand, are confined
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- 95r:99v
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- al-Hāshimī, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī
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