P 3280/1916 Pt 1 'Arabia: [Asir]: Financial and Other Assistance to the Idrissi [etc.] Appointment of a Liaison-Medical Officer (Capt Fazuluddin)'

Content

The file mostly consists of correspondence relating to the Idrisi [Idrissi] Sayid of Asir in Southern Arabia. It includes: 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. correspondence with the Foreign Office, the War Office, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and internal 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. minutes and reference papers. The file also includes copies of Foreign Office correspondence with the following: the War Office; the Treasury; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Aden; and Sir Reginald Wingate, High Commissioner, Cairo.

The papers largely relate to the following subjects:

• The cost of purchasing arms and ammunition for the use of the Idrisi of Asir in military operations against Turkey.
• The contention of the Secretary of State for India in Council that the whole of the expenditure on munitions for the Idrisi should be regarded as part of ‘extraordinary’ military expenditure on the war with Turkey, which is chargeable in its entirety to the British Exchequer, rather than to Indian revenues.
• The purchase of land in Egypt for Saiyid Mustapha el Idrisi [Sayed Mustafa el Idrisi], in recognition of his services to the British Government in acting as an intermediary between his cousin the Idrisi of Asir and the Government of Aden.
• The monthly subsidy paid to the Idrisi of Asir.
• The employment of Lieutenant Fazluddin [Fazal-ud-din] of the Indian Medical Service as Medical Officer for the Idrisi, including correspondence concerning staff to assist him, and the extension of his appointment.
• The pension contribution payable to Lieutenant Nasiruddin Ahmed, who served as Liaison Officer to the Idrisi.

Extent and format

1 item (229 folios)

It is part of

File 3280/1916 Pt 1-2 'Arabia:- Subsidies to Chiefs. Assistance to the Idrissi.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/609

Physical characteristics

Condition: large pieces are missing from the edge of folio 278, including some of the text of the document.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/609/1

Former external reference(s)

P 3280/1916 Pt 1

History of this record

Date(s)

9 Jul 1916-1 May 1922 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

WeaponsAmmunition

Places

AsirTurkey

People & organisations

War OfficeGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentPolitical Resident, AdenHigh Commissioner, Egypt

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