File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [‎202v] (401/481)

(Following?) is resume of situation as stated by Farukhi here from Arab
standpoint.
Arab Committee here and Sheriff are in accord. Arab Committee is in
agreement with members among Baghdad Army Officers which includes Turks
from Kirkuk and Kurds from Sulaimaniyah. Their plan is to form an inde
pendent Arab state or confederation. For political reasons they are obliged
to demand absolute independence. That is considered (?) by members of the
Committee to be essential (?) as they would lose support of Syrians if they
admitted principles of foreign control. In fact, however, this docs not amount
to much. Their real ambition is to have an independent Syria and Hediaz
Their proposal (?) in theory amounts to this. As many of the Arab Chiefs in
Arabia as possible to be induced to accept suzerainty of Sheriff. Vilayats of
Damascus, Aleppo, Beirut, Mosul and Baghdad and Sanjaq of Urfa Deiraz Zor
Jerusalem to form a progressive state under Sheriff's suzerainty.
Form of Government decentralised Turkish form (?) of Government under
a parliament sitting in Damascus. This would, however, be qualified bv
arrangement (?) with France and Great Britain. France to have monopoly
ot all enterprises and special educational facilities in a region west of Euphrates
as iar as Deir and in Palestine equally apportioned..
Ko Europeans but Frenchmen to be employed by Arab State in that area
advisers SS ^ Cho ° SeS to Arab state not to be obl iged to employ European
w G ^ Blltam toha^e same rights m Irak Jazirat and Mesopotamia. Basrah
tovn and land south to borders of Kuwait and to Fao to be absolutely British
1 f T A 1 1 f xanclret ! ;a Aintab-Urfa to be absolutely French.
( 'ou giouns undecypherable) practically as far as we are concerned.
As existing treaties would stand good Arabian littoral remains as before.
Karbala question and Shiah problem would tead to developments fPl hv
making our co-operation in the Government of (?) Baghdad and Basrah
provinces inevitable Arabs here agree they could not for° the present take
over this region and further point out revenues and development of these
onr ’^Tt ^ bG ff < rf tial 1 t0 P r0 P e r (?) economic conditions and that only with
our assistance could these be achieved (?) y
of c^rS a B^LTd n llh 0f Mo te, T riSe and0f stance
Fthinkwe^ed^otTear for tho ° f , Wai ' “ ^ ^n-Ara^^ 0 ^
does no ( ^ ' e ’ and haV6 givon notlliu S if it
No. H.-9890, dated Delhi, the 18th December 1915.
Endorsed hj tie Army Department.
rolitfcaTDep 0 artment ndermenti0ned Pap6r iS f ° rWarded to tlle ^o^ig^
from the
Enclo. to Serial Ko. 41.
Telegram P„ No. I. G.-1759, dated the 15th December 1915.
“I* General 0fncer Commanding, Force “ D,” Dasrah,
^ lo—The Chief of the Genera] Staff, Delhi.
Staff. Til,S teleSram “ addreSSed Eg yi ,t and re P ea fed to Chief of the General
tion :-Sh! ah BL U kZ's doctoft r hich is rc I! eated forinforma-
Eashid and other Chiefs and Sheriff nf 1/ 1 "' negotiations betvreen Bin
and that according to Q a sS^^ ever by Turks
being purchased tl,rough ShemX and fn N F d o f .Najd) 40.0C0 camels are
attack on Egypt, and that the Mo’o^ d - N -, K ^ rablab y the Turks for an
n * i ’ ana tnat tlle Ma an railway has been completed. Ends