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File 53/1915 Pt 6 'The War: Arab Kingdom; Italian claims' [‎97r] (198/360)

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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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generation. The country Italy is claiming is very
rich, both minerally and agriculturally, hut it is
«t developed. Whether it is possible ior imly to
-evelop this country u:iaided is doubtful; and if
derman exploitation of Italian industry is to be
continued after the war, we might be faced with a
slightly disguised re-establishment of German
control in Anatolia Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey. , and with its military consequences
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The provisions of the Franco-British agreement
in regard to the Arabian peninsula are purely negative,
viz:- that the two powers will not themselves acquire
and will not consent to a third party acquiring
territorial possessions in the Arabian peninsula, or
consent to a third party constructing a naval base on
the Islands of the East coast of the Red Sea.
Participation by Italy in a self-denying ordinance
of this sort would not in itself be open to objection
ircm a naval point oi view. It is nevertheless to
he observed that the Italian enquiry whether the
Islands of the Eastern Arabian coast are considered
as forming part of the territory assigned to the
independent Arab State appears to point to a desire
tt inquire & base in these Islands. The acquisition
by any Surer can power of further territory in the
Red Sea would bo highly objectionable from a Naval
poinu 01 view. It should, in fact, be recognised that
^is Majesty*s Government have a special status in
protecting

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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.

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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.

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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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