P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [17r] (33/156)
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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> tile expenditure of whicb would be justified .by the- enhanced
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preeti e of His Majesty's Oovern-aent among i.losle;cs in general.
j propose, subject to your concurrence, to obtain from
Si^| Ki/aind Allenby further details of the alleged need of
.stance at Medina, substantiated if possible by the evidence
a responsible Moslem eye-witness to be selected by him,
bot before doing so, I should be glad of your opinion as to
the question of eventual recovery from Turkey of any financial
assistance given to King ruesein f;> this purpose, if it. is
considered that such recovery would be either practicable
or desirable.
1 have, etc.,
(Sgd.)
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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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The papers are arranged in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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- P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies'
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- 1r:45r, 47r:78v
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