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'File 53/1915 Pt 2 German War: Turkey; the Caliphate and Pan-Arab movement' [‎118r] (240/444)

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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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EGYPT . _ ,i r- L5 J
Decypher, sir H. McMahon (Cairo) Noveraher 19th,
D . 8.55
November 19th 1915.
h. 10 p.m.,
No. 706.
Following for D.M.O. from Sir M. , Sykes No, 18.
"I am waiting here for an opportunity of seeing
General Officer Commanding and the High Commissioner in
accordance with your instructions. By the favour of
Sof M- .
ffi 1 . Cneetharn I have seen correspondence relating to
Arab movement and Sheriff. Two difficulties strike
me. (a) Arab want of confidence in our might;(b) dif
ficulty of making arrangements with Arabs, inoffen
sive to French susceptibiliity based on financial
interests and historical sentiment.
I suggest as a means of coping with the diffi
culty (a);- that we blockade Ciliefan Gates, or deny
Turkey access to Syria vid Adana plain as the first
step, as the second step the occupation of the line
Aintab, Birljik, Suverek^Diarbekir, and establish
touch with Russians while Turkish and German, masses
are immobilized by Anatolian and Armenian winter snow.
leaving Arabs to do as they please south of this
line. Details of this scheme and quantity of troops
required should reach you by November 24th.
Difficulty (b) could be coped with as follows;
Entente to agree with Arabs to recognise, respect and
protect Arab provisional Government, or Governments
in the vilayets of Beyrout, Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem
and Hedjaz and the sandjak of Dersor Urfa during the
war

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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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