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P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [45r] (89/156)
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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[This Doc ument is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
May 1917.
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Printed
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Sir B. Wingate to Mr. Balfour.—(Received May 77)
89 '' ) ' Cairo, April 26, 1917. ^
IN reference to my telegrams Nos. 404 and 459, recommending an increase in
the subsidy granted to King Hussein, I have the honour to forward the translation
of a memorandum on the subject I have since received from him.
There are several statements made in this letter which require comment.
1 Xn the first paragraph the King evidently refers to Lord Kitchener’s message
to him transmitted to Cairo in your telegram No. 303 of the 31st October, 1914; this
was confirmed in a letter dated the 30th August, 1915, from Sir Henry McMahon
which assured the Sherif of the approval of His Majesty’s Government “ of the Arab
Caliphate when it should be proclaimed,” and that “ Bis Mwehy ^Government would
welcome the resumption of the Caliphate by an Arab of true race. ’ , TT .
2 Sir Henry McMahon, in conveying to the Sherif the information that iiis
Maiesty’s Government had sanctioned'thb monthly payment of 125,000/ did not
specify how this should he expeiided by him, but mentioned the trust of His Majesty s
Government that he would make satisfactory arrangements for the ensuing pilgrimage.
In his reply (dated the 25th August, 1916) the Sherif wrote : —
« Your Excellencv knows that the above-mentioned monthly pay of 12 5 0 007.
is for the organisation of Government and its necessary admiuistrations and will
be deducted from the amount which we left to the justice of Great Butam
decide for our deficient Government, which is under Great Britain s guardianship
and protectkmqduring her occupation of Basra and Irak.
This quotation referred to a sentence in a previous lg ter ™7se7esoressed
the 5th November 1915), in which he (as champion of the Arabs cause) ex pics _
his willingness 1 to cede temporarily in Irak “ the districts now occupied by Bntish
troops,” but—
“ without the rights of either party being prejudiced °I
the Arab nation, to which these interests are egopmicallj vital) and a amst a
suitable sum paid as compensation to the Arab (t.e., tho . is
the period of occupation in order to meet the expenses winch a new kingdom
bound to support.”
This proposal of the Sherif has never, sO far as I can been definitely
rejeJetaf d C reply appears to have been sent to the Shenf's letter of the 25th
August, 1916 repeatedly stated that the Arab rising was arranged on the
assumption ttdwhhin aBveekh its occurrence the fo^ tM
“ d C:”wio,tio.. tl«t m Kin ? „» boon to ‘“t 5» .SKI to
regarding to bon"' State, bis anatoy aa to“^recr ; . n l diminution
French Political Mission under M. Pieot, which he tea ^ 1 , hi territor i a i
of our (financial and military) support of him and the restriction
aspirations. . , , subsidy the situation is, very
As regards the question of an increase to the present suosmy
briefly, as follows:— # it , +
The fundamental idea of the Sherif in producing ^ed^az th ^ a * ; ^ initieg
fold one. He hoped, by driving the Turkish army o 1‘ ti of the other
of Mecca and Medina, to start a movement which, with the co opeia
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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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