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P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies' [67r] (133/156)
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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DUPLIOATI
16 .
3
Movember, 1916*
4898
My i*o rd
I lave lx ki '%etor^ the^ords Corj-iissioners of is
Majesty 1 s Treasury Sir iimrio© de Jansen^ letter of the
1st instant, (4*416^^/16), enclosing co >y of a telegram
from His Majesty’s High Coiadssioner for Hgypt fonmrding
an a > aioation from Shereef \bdullali for a provisional grant
10,000 of ten thousand pounds to assist him in his dealin s with
the tribes to the nor th ox the liedjas*
In reply I am to request you to inform Viscount
Grey of Failed on that Mf aorrs sanction this advance, on
by Sii ( -amhon $ ttet such funds v&Bt in future be sufplied
to him by hie father and on condition that the Government
of India skill be asked to bear one half of the expense*
I am,
My xiOrd
lour obedient Servant
(Bfl,) ROBEET CHALMERS.
flic: Midcr .>coretary of State,
Forti. n Office*
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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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