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File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [160r] (316/481)
The record is made up of 1 item (242 folios). It was created in 1915-1916. 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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this seems to be control and colonisation by a
European power other than ourselves, which would
Inevitably come into conflict with the interest we
already possess in the Near East.
Sherif Hussein’s activites have already been
oi use to us. He has held in the Imam from
attacking ADEN, he has quieted the Mullah in
domallland, he has divided the counsels of ibu
Nashid. he has refused to preach a Jehad, or to
allow tae legal jehad to be declared; he has
countered, and is still countering, Turkish influence
in the Hedjaz; has prevented the raising of
volunteers; and has forbidden the placarding of anti
British news in the public places of MECCA; all this
obviously with a mind some day to taking the place of
the Turkish Government in the Hedjaz, himself. If we
can only arrange that this political change shall be
a violent one, we will have abolished the threat of
Islam, by dividing it against itself, in its very
heart. There will then he a Khalifa in Turkey and a
Khalifa in Arabia, in theological warfare, and Islam
will be as little formidable as the Papacy when Popes
lived in Avignon.
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Part 4 consists of correspondence relating to the possible declaration of a caliphate in Arabia and is a continuation of part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/525/1). The papers tell of the British assessment of the situation and the French attitude, as well as correspondence and negotiations with Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, the Grand Sharif of Mecca. The file also discusses the British view of the proposed blockade of the Arabian ports in the Red Sea.
The file also includes a printed document (ff 25-242) marked 'secret' entitled 'Policy in the Middle East', which consists mainly of communications on the military situation in Mespotamia from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Mark Sykes to the Director of Military Information.
The discussion over such matters is mostly between Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, the General Officer Commanding, Egypt, and the Commander-in-Chief, India.
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- 1 item (242 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.
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- File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc'
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- 3r:14v, 15ar, 15r:65v, 72r:78v, 80v:125v, 129r:129v, 131r:172v, 179r:184v, 188r:188v, 190r:196r, 198r:203r, 204v:242v
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