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'File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement' [‎104r] (212/444)

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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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would agree to any territority North of greater Arabian
Frontier being French possessions under Frencn flag,
Arabs would agree to Basrah town andail cultivated
lands to- the south being British territory,
Arabs would be prepared to make a treaty with
Entente lowers,
1„ Undertaking on their part to have no dealings
with Turkey Germany or Austria for period of 15 years.
2. On the part of Entente powers to guarantee to
protest independence of the Arabs,
Further a treaty of alliance wltu Entente Powers
giving them freedom of movement in greater Arabia and
use of hallways in Arabian area for duration a- of the war.
Entente troops in Arab territories to be on same footing
as British troops in Flanders.
Entente troops to evacuate territories on cessation
of hostilities.
Faruki insisted that this was dependent on Entente
landing troops at a point between Lerslna and Alexandria
and making good Arnanus Pass or Cilician gates, he nil u.mi
stipulated that Sherif should not take action until this
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the question and that to call on Sherif or Arabs to take
action until we had made above mentioned passes secure would
be impossible. Faruki also urged necessity for inrnediate
adequate action in the Gulf of nlexandretta adding that
if Entente did not take this opportunity Germans would
forestall tnen and once Turks or Germans got into Syria
Arabs would in their own interests be obliged to reconsider
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no doubt of Arabs merely troubling Eurks in advances on

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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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