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File 5235/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: Shereef''s title.' [‎51v] (111/308)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (149 folios). It was created in 1 Jan - 25 Oct 1917. 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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9. This Treaty
Government of India.
will be held to he valid after its ratification by the
Signed this day Friday, the thirtieth of April 1915, A.D., corresponding
with the fiftieth of Jamad Shani 1333 Hijra.
(Sd.) D. G. L. Shaw, Major-General,
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,
(Sd.) H. F. Jacob, Lieut.-Col.,
First Assistant Resident.
(Sd.)
i . e., Saitid Mustafa bin
Saitid Abdu’l ’Ali on
behalf of the Idrisi Saiyid.
(Sd.)
i . e., Sheikh Muhammad bin
Aw ad Ba Sahi.
(Sd.) C. B,. Bradshaw, Major,
General Staff Officer, Aden Brigade.
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Letrter troni
S,
To
Under Secretary
Secretary of State....
Committee
U nder Secretary....
/
Secretary of State...

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The file concerns various titles proposed for the Grand Shereef of Mecca [Grand Sharif of Mecca, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], following his recognition by the British and allied governments as King of the Hedjaz [Hejaz].

The papers include: the declaration by certain other rulers in the region that the King was entitled to the Caliphate, January 1917; reports on the military situation; the attitude of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī, Imam of ʻAsīr]; the King's wish to be recognised as the 'leader of the Arab movement', May-June 1917; and his relations with Imam Yahia [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Imam of Yemen], September 1917.

The file also contains copies of papers dated 1915 recording the treaty between the British Government and the Idrisi (folios 49-51). There are further papers on this subject, dated 1918, in the previous volume: IOR/L/PS/10/637.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (149 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 5235 (Arab Revolt: the Sharif's Title) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/637-638. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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