File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [‎171r] (338/481)

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The Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
Cairo.
Vi.LQ. ?,r4 Visit or ; .er.seru-:er *G» to
&&, Sippppm Tl?n All at. ^
After a delay of several weeks owing to adverse
weather condltione.'G'left Buakln on 13th DecemDer.
Reached Mecca without difficulty by same route
as followed by him on his previous visit.
Remained 9 days at Teeca and saw hnerif every
other day .
3efore quitting ^ ecca r,herir minded over to him
a nealed letter to De delivered to di Bayea All £1 u
torghttni; vlth a verbal message asking the latter to
p'oare tio P-iins to assist the Arabs to realise their
National aspiratiimse
'V corroborates previous reports of the rernarKalile
ascendancy of the ,h <;i rif in the Hedjaz and of the sub-
ordinate poiser o" the Turkish Vali.
The Turkish garrison at Mecca, he estimates, to
be one battalion .on the other hand, the ;:>herif f s Arab
levies are far more numerous and receive their pay
re pjlarly. It is unknown whether the cash required
for these levies emanates from the Sheriff private
purse or from Turkish sources. “G* is inclined to think
the latter and to regard this as an evidence of the
Oherif 1 s diplonatlc adroitness.
The Cherlf was at some pains to explain that
his policy of "keenimr up appearances* with the ' urk-
ish Authorities was merely a cloak to his Anglo-phi 1