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P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [10r] (19/156)
The record is made up of 1 item (78 folios). It was created in 24 Jul 1916-31 Jul 1919. 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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be returned to the Foreign Office if rtot peqiiined for official use.]
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Decypher = General All only (Cairo) April 29ijhj 1919
D» 8.50 p.rn. April 29th 3 1919.
a. 9.30 a.n. April 30th, 1919.
No. 669.
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King Hussein has been approached regarding
reduction of subsidy 0 He insists that lie cannft
maintain his administration if any reducrtion is mads
and he goes as far as to say "onst it would force nin
to re sign a At present juncture we carinoti ilsu
disturbance which wouid be involved throughout Arabia-
and Syria by such action on his part 0
1. An approximate estimate of expenses of King
Hussein ’ s administration is being t el eg raphe a scpai ctu ei_y
from which it appears that £100,000 per month is minJjnum
* Bum that will meet his requirements.
2 a Present moment is not circunspecb one for
cutting dover his subsidy.
Pilgrimage is approaching and it is very advisaole
that it should be as large and as successful as possible!:
3. Approaching dissolution of Ottoman Empire is
exercising minds of all Mahometans and is causing douce
and unresi thr oughout Xs 1 am * 0ur policy e c ¥ai os i x -i 1 ’i S
Hussein has always been based on necsssjty or bind^'g
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The file contains correspondence mainly relating to the subsidy paid to King Hussein [Hussain] ibn Ali al-Hashimi of Hejaz [Hijaz or Hedjaz]. The correspondence largely consists of: correspondence between the 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. and the Foreign Office; and copies of correspondence of the Foreign Office with the Treasury, Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, Sir Reginald Wingate, and Sir Edmund Allenby.
The file includes correspondence regarding: the granting to King Hussain of a subsidy of £125,000 a month for four months; a request from Sherif Abdullah [Shereef Abdallah] for a further grant of £10,000 to assist him in his dealings with the tribes to the north of Hedjaz; and the Secretary of State for India being unable to advise his Council to agree to any payment for these grants as charges on Indian revenues ‘for political reasons’.
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- 1 item (78 folios)
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The papers are arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/609/2
- Title
- P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies'
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- 1r:45r, 47r:78v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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