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P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [49r] (97/156)
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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pounds-. -At the expiration oi tbis five ncrrbiis period -
the monttO/ subsidy would be reduced to BOO,OCX) pounds
or to sued lesser sum as circumstances permitted.
The question of reduction of amount of subsidy will
chiefly depend on whether Redjas Government is by then
in a position to curtail its payments to tribal
levies for military operations against Turks.
B* If an increase to monthly subsidy as
proposed under n A u is considered inadvisable I
recommended that I should be authorised to issue up
to a total sum of 500,000 pounds for Arabs military
expenses in the course of next six months: this sum
to be additional to present subsidy of 125,000 pounds
which will be paid monthly as heretofore.
I am convinced of necessity for these increased
payments if immediate and ultimate benefits of
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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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- 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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