File 287/1917 'Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians' [‎120r] (252/324)

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on tlie grounds that they are strongly pro-Turk and likely to be harmful to
Indian pilgrims. Last-named arrived Hedjaz last year, the other three have
been there for several years. They should be interned under Ingress into
India Ordinance. Please report action taken with particulars of individuals.
High Commissioner has been asked to repeat names and report name ship and
date on which individuals sailed.
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Telegram R., No. 01917, dated the i7tti (received 18th) January 1917.
From —The British High Commissioner, Egypt, Cairo,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Delhi.
Your telegram No. 76. Four Indians referred to in my telegram No. 18
were mentioned by name in my telegram No. 1079. They were deported to
India in December and should have arrived by now. Remaining Indian
seditionists now in Hedjaz reported by Colonel Wilson to be about 20 in
number will be deported to Malta. First batch of five mentioned in my
telegram No. 39 reached Egypt to-day and will he sent to Malta after cross-
examination. Their names areMaulvi Hussein Ahmed, Maulvi Anzer Gal,
Wahid-ud-Din Sadik Ahmed, Hakim Nasrat Hussein, Maulani Mahmud
Hassan. The last named is.man referred to in your telegram No. 64-S.
From-
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Telegram P., No. 93*S., dated the 18th January 1917.
-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—The British High Commissioner, Egypt, Cairo.
It is considered desirable that authority should be given to our Director,
Criminal Intelligence, to telegraph direct in code to your Jeddah represent
ative, regarding individual Indians, &c. Do you agree ? If so, please intimate
name of officer now there, if Wilson has gone, and the codes he possesses.
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Telegram P., No. 94-S., dated the 18th January 1917.
From The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political Department.
Cairo has failed to repeat names and specify boat as requested, but says
that all four Indian deportees should have arrived by now. Can you trace
them.
This is with reference to my telegram No. 83-S. of January 15th.
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Telegram P., No. 122-S., dated the 26th January 1917.
From The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Delhi,
To—The British High Commissioner, Egypt, Cairo.
Full names of Indians deported from Hedjaz to Egypt en route Malta
with fathers’ names, if possible, should please be telegraphed.
This is with reference to your telegram No. 39, January 13th.