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P 2100/1916 Pt 5 'German War: Arab Revolt' [‎177r] (362/456)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (220 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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(S? /o
Sir,
r.v.s. moamBooK*,
2Xst August 1916,
I httY« the honour to autelt tho following notes on tho
oonforoM* ^otwoon 8h«ikh AXQXtbXi on tho ps&t of tho shsrif of
Vooes f and Sheikh yshorn 04 Tohln Basshi sad tho Shorif Honoud on
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the part at the Idrlsi *t 4ti«h Z «u gxsseat.
the ooaferenoo took pluee on H.K.s. ’WRTKBfiDOE* in the
evening of Monday August 21st end 1 sated little over an hour.
After tho preliminary greetings k on^uirios as to how
things wsrs going An tho direction of Medina, Arolfan on^irod ns
to tho Imam * was told by Basahi that ho was mobilising tree ?s,
k that they boliore him to bo heart * soul with the furfcs. Aroifan
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relied that tho nhorif was annious to see th»$ Xman oo^oporating
with than against tho Turks k that negotiations wore proceeding
to this end, Which would certainly bo successful. Bssahi did not
soon to bo equally optimistic.
Areifan then produced a letter from the Sherlf to the
Xdrisl sprepos Kunfida, ohich Basahi read at Areifaa 9 s inwitation.
He then asked Areifan shat his proposals about Kunfida were *
Areifan replied that they wished the Xdrisl to erasuate Kunfida,
but that his adherents should otay Where they wore until the end
of the War, when those who faroured the Xdrisl would oroes the
frontier. Basahi pointed out that they had been put there by the
British * asked what boundary tho Sherif had in mind, k also what
if tho Xdxisi also claimed Kunfida at the end of the War. Afoifan
replied that the Sherif claimed everything up to Birk ; and that
the present time was not suitefe!# for discussion of the mfctter.
Basahi assented, but made it oloar that the ipiestio n was deferred,,
but by no means closed.
The discussion then reverted to the evasuatlo n t they
agreed that it was all important that no opportunity should bo
given to Intriguers to say that th*ro was any difference of opinio i
between Sherif a Xdrlsi.Basshi proposed that to that end Areifan
Afolfsa

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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda and printed reports relating to the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula during the First World War (1914-1918). The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:

  • evacuation of Kunfuda by the Imam of ʻAsīr (Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī) (ff 216-222)
  • the position of the military forces of the Sherif of Mecca (Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī ) between Medina and Rabegh and the logistic of supplying him (ff 206-215)
  • the submission of the Sheikh of Rabegh to the Sherif of Mecca (200-205)
  • reports by Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Edward Wilson on the situation in Hejaz
  • the Turkish advance towards Rabegh
  • discussion of British policy towards operations in Hejaz and the decision not to send troops to Hejaz
  • arrangements concerning political control
  • the Grand Sherif's request for troops and the promise of French troops

Included (ff 190-192) in the volume is a copy of 'Report of a visit to the Idrisi Saiyid Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ahmed at Jezzan', dated 17 January 1916, by the First Assistant Resident, Aden (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Fenton Jacob).

Principal correspondents include 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; the Secretary of State for India; and the High Commissioner for Egypt.

Each part includes a divider, which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (220 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 2100 (German War: Arab Revolt) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/597-602. The volumes are divided into 7 parts, with parts 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 comprising one volume each, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 222; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the leading flyleaf and ending flyleaf, have not been foliated.

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