ملف ١٩١٥/٥٣ الجزء IV "الحرب الألمانية: تركيا؛ الخلافة إلخ" [و‎‎١‎١‎٧] (٤٨١/٢٣٠)

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The Residency,
Cairo.
ebruary 29 191(5
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1 r ' '' oive<! on the I7t,h instant trm the viceroy
of India cr y of a Note by Sir P Cox (dated January
loth ) regarding hie interview with Bln Baud and
the Sheikh el Kuwait on Decenber 26th and 3m
respectively of last year.
the irdar to whon I eoacaani catad this report
has furnished me with the following observations
WhlC?: 1 ] ' w<i the homtr to transmit for your inform
ation
• It was not to be expected that the former Arab
Chief, in view of his Tahabit traditions , would oe
a partisan of the cherif of Cecca or any other ortho-
dox Sunni aspirant.
it is clear that widely different opinions res
pecting the Khalifate are being expressed in jndia
® f •fihia to those held in Wee tern Arabia
and ports of Syria ■ «fc» pr. stige of the . herlf
of ecca appears to he paramount.
This prestige coupled with hig Known diplo
matic s(jni and the advantage of nls central position
( at Mecca ) render him in my opinion the sole can
didate for the Khali fate who could count a sufficient
h>dy of orab ( and anti-ottoman ) supporters, to de-
Citre himself as sucn , line eubeequently to rally to
The T?ight honourable ! * 8
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