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P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [22r] (43/156)
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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D= 9 a 15,p*m* January 16th, 1919,
R 0 8,0 C a,nio January 18th, 1919^
No* 9o c
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Your telegram No.54,
I was not aware that reduction in subsidy
was intended immediately after armistice or capit
ulation of Medina, and had not notified King
Hussein of this.
Since occupation of Damascus part of Kedjaz
subs.'dy £80,000 formerly allotted to Emir Feisal
at Ababa, has been sent to him at Damascus, and pro
vides principal source of revenue available for
pressing needs of the new Arab Administration, This
allotment has already been remitted foi months of
December and January, and Commander-in-Chief would, I
am certain,strongly oppose its suspension until other
financial arrangements for Syrian administration are
made. Politically I see some advantage in sum being
no longer regarded as part of subsidy to King Hussein,
Hest of subsidy of £120,000 for Hodjaz proper
cannot be safely reduced until evacuation of Turkish
garrisons is complete, Tribesmen are restive at
idea
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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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- P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies'
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- 1r:45r, 47r:78v
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