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P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [30r] (59/156)
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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CIRCULATED to THE R CABINET
Decypher
EGYPT ,
Sir F:, Wingate (Cairo)
No v emPsr 15 th r 1917
Dr 2rlOrprm
Kr 2 r 40 r p r ITl
Nov emh e r 15 th r 19], 7
Nor 1212
Urgent
As a result of the victory in Palestine the time
has arrived when a concentrated effort might well secure
fall of Medina and expulsion of Turks from. HedjaZr It
is essential to act vigorously while effect of Palestine
possible destruction of Turkish (? forces) in Hedjaz
would resound throughout the East and would probably
result in rapid extension of Arab hostility to Turks in
Eastern Syria and across to Euphratesr In this connex
ion King of Hedjaz has already informed me that he is in
communication with Ibn Haddhal the head Sheikh of Amur at
and expects excellent results as outcome of their cor-
respondence*
Operations of Faisal from Akaba are of great im
portance in this connexion and it is vital that he
should receive full support! Main essential is (? funds
for liberal payment of tribesmenjwithout/this he can
not expect to succeed in the face of strenuous efforts
which we know from sure sources are being made by Turks
to secure neutrality if not active co-operation of
Arabs and thus restore situation^
My telegram Nor 1153 will have indicated the‘straits
King Hussein is in for money and that we cannot expect
him
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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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- P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies'
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- 1r:45r, 47r:78v
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