File 705/1916 Pt 1-2 Arab Revolt

Content

This file contains papers that pertain to various military and intelligence fields of operation during 1916, specifically relating to the First World War in the region of Hejaz and the broader Arabian peninsula. The bulk of the file is comprised of reports on various military, intelligence, and propaganda issues variously called 'the Arab report' or 'Arabian Report'. The file also contains reports on the massacre and forced migration of Armenians during the War, as well as intelligence gathering efforts by British officials on Indian Muslim political mobilisation in support of an independent Arab Kingdom in the Hejaz or the Ottoman Empire, often described as 'Pan-Islamist' in the file.

Most of the correspondence relating to Pan-Islamist political mobilisation is conducted through the transmission and translation of newspaper articles in Iraqi, Egyptian, Indian, Syrian, and other Arab publications.

Extent and format

1 file (473 folios)

It is grouped into

File 705/1916 Pt 1 'Arab revolt: reports'

494 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/586/1

File 705/1916 Pt 2 'Arab revolt: Arab reports; Sir M Sykes' reports'

450 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/586/2

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 473; 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, nor does it include the ending flyleaves.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/586

Former external reference(s)

P 705/1916 Pt 1-2

History of this record

Date(s)

1916-1917 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Sacred sitesTurkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918Military intelligenceArmed forcesArab nationalismPanislamismFirst World War (1914-1918)Arab Revolt (1916-1918)

Places

MeccaArabian PeninsulaHejaz

People & organisations

King of Saudi Arabia 'Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd

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