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File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [195r] (386/481)
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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Telegram P., No. D. S.-105, dated the 22nd November 1915.
f From—His Excellency the Viceroy, Camp,
To—His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India.
Your tel egram* of the 19th November presents Sheriff’s letter in a less
favourable light than your telegramf of
+ -o,\o. 21 . the ISth November.
^ Majesty’s Government are disposed to give a guarantee that they
will assist and protect proposed Arab Kingdom as far as lies in their power,
would it not be desirable at once to say that although interest of Great Britain
demand a friendly administration in the V ilayat of Baghdad, such special
interests must necessitate a consideration of future of Mesopotamia much
fuller than the situation and urgency of negotiations permit at present ?
A formula on these lines containing no specific mention of Basrah would
without I hope unduly exciting Sheriff’s suspicions give us a free hand
afterwards.
2280
N°. 2282 "W-j dated Delhi, the 25th November 1915.
2283
Endorsed by Foreign and Political Department.
A copy of the undermentioned papers is forwarded to the
(1) Army Department,
(a) Home Department, ^ ^ x .
(3) General Officer Commanding, Force~ 77 ~D7 , IOr lnl °rmatlOn, in continnation of the
(4)
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, (4) with reference to
(Dand (2) endorsementby the ; Government 0 { Ind}a
(3) telegram from
in the) Foreign and Political
his telegram No. J46-A. P.,
19th
dated the^~ November 1915.
26 th
22 32-W.,
Department, No. 2233-W ., ( ) x©
71-D. S. , General
Officer Com
manding,
Force “ D,"
only.
2. It is requested that the papers forwarded be kindly treated as Extremely
Secret.
Telegram from the High Commissioner, Egypt, dated the 22nd October 1915.
Telegram from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, dated the 22nd October 1915.
Telegram from the High Commissioner, Egypt, dated the 22nd October 1915.
Telegram from the High Commissioner, Egypt, dated the 22nd October 1915.
Telegram from the High Commissioner, Egypt, dated the 26th October 1915.
Telegram to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, No. 10-D. S., dated the 4th
November 1915.
Endorsement by the Government of India in the Army Department, No. H.-8910, dated
the 3rd November 1915 (with enclosure).
Telegram from the High Commissioner, Egypt, dated the 5th November 1915.
Telegram from His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, dated the Sth November 1915
Despatch from the High Commissioner, Egypt, dated the 28th October 1915 (with
enclosures).
Telegram to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, No. 32-D.S., dated the 10th
November 1915.
Telegram to the General Officer Commanding, Force “ D, ” No. 33-D. S., dated the 10th
November 1915.
Telegram from the General Officer Commanding, Force *' D, ” No. 358, dated the 14th
November 1915.
Kocsived on 2 c ^ ‘ ^ u
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY'S
Letter. Ho- ®
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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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