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P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [‎66r] (131/156)

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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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In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
no. 1.234015/16.
and address—
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
Foreign Office
November &3r&, 1916.
bir:-
Y/itli reference to my letter of the 30th
£ 10,000
ultimo, enclosing a copy of Sir H. hcMahon’s
telegram, ho.942, of October 2bth, relaoive to a
grant of Ten thousand pounds to Sherif Abdullah,
I am directed by Viscount Grey of Fallodon to
transmit to you, herewith, a copy of a letter from
the Treasury agreeing to the provision of one-half
of this advance on condition that the remaining
half shall be borne on Indian Revenues.
I am to request that you will inform me at
your earliest convenience whether Mr. Secretary
Chamberlain will be prepared to accept one-half of
this advance as a charge upon the Indian Exchequer.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient
humb 1e Se rvant,
K
The Under Secretary of State,
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. .

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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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