P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies'
IOR/L/PS/10/609/2
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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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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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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/609/2
- Former external reference(s)
- File P 3280/1916 Pt 2
- Date(s)
- 24 Jul 1916-31 Jul 1919 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Grants
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- Hedjaz
- People & organisations
- King of Hejaz
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- IOR/L/PS/10/609/2
- Title
- P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies'
- Pages
- 45v:46v
- Author
- al-Hāshimī, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/L/PS/10/609/2
- Title
- P 3280/1916 Pt 2 'Arab Revolt - Subsidies'
- Pages
- 1r:45r, 47r:78v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence