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File 53/1915 Pt 6 'The War: Arab Kingdom; Italian claims' [52r] (108/360)
The record is made up of 1 volume (176 folios). It was created in 1916-1917. It was written in English and French. 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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Draft Paper*
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
Copy to In
No.365 A.P.
21 May 1917.
j
Department.
I am directed \yj the S*of S.
for I. to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 18th May
1917, No.W.98379, transmitting
copy of a telegraphic report from
the Naval Commander-in-Chief,
E.Indies station, received through
the Admiralty, regarding the
visit of an Italian agent to the
Idrisi Saiyid of Asir.
The incident referred to by
the Naval Commander-in-Chief is
evidently the visit of the
Italian s.s."Massowa" on the 25th
April last to the Idrisi port
of Jaizan, already reported by the
Resident at Aden in his telegrams
Nos.347 and 349 A.P. of the 30th
April and 1st May 1917, copies of
which were communicated to your
Department and to the Admiralty
on the 2nd instant. Copy of a
further telegram from the
Resident on the subject is enclosed
herewith* It will be seen that
the "Massowa" was examined at
Camaran after her visit to-
Jaizan, and that nothing of an
objectionable
nJ
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Italian claims and policy in the Arabian Peninsula in the context of British policy in the Arabian Peninsula particularly in relation to the Hejaz, Asir and the Yemen.
The discussion in the volume relates to the visit of Italian officials, soldiers and naval ships to Jeddah, Hejaz. Further discussion surrounds debate over the Italian relationship with the Idrīsī Imām of ʻAsīr and whether the Imām was engaged in intrigues with the Italians. Also discussed is the Italian proposal to recruit Arabs from ʻAsīr into the Italian colonial forces for duty in Italian Somaliland.
Documents in the volume include:
- 'Agreement with the Idrisi Saiyid regarding the Farasan Islands and Other Matters' (ff 10-13).
- 'British Interests in Arabia' (ff 88-89).
The principal correspondents in the volume include the Under Secretary of State for India; the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the 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; the Secretary of State for India (Austen Chamberlain); and the Grand Sharif of Mecca (Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī).
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, subject headings, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (176 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 55 (German War) consists of 5 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/524-527. The volumes are divided into 5 parts with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume each, parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume and parts 5 and 6 comprising one volume each.
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 178; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 53/1915 Pt 6 'The War: Arab Kingdom; Italian claims'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:9v, 10v:12r, 13v:76v, 77v:79v, 82r:84v, 86r:109r, 116v:122v, 124v:128v, 131v:168v, 170r:177v, back-i
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