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'Middle East Committee. Note prepared for meeting of 12th January 1918. Sir M. Sykes's memorandum on the Palestine and West Arabian situation' [28r] (1/6)
The record is made up of 1 file (3 folios). It was created in 10 Jan 1918. 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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MIDDLE EAST COMIITTEE
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DOTE PREPAID FOR MEETIUR OF 12th JA1IUARY 1918
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1 . this sucjpct fioP 3 not concpfn lll^^vlf| n l
QUMtloBS affpctin^; Tj/ria and Pal^stinf 1 2 3 KSilS^^lMC^lflR irtpr^at
in India, though India Iduhainrnadan afritatora would doubtless dp -
r^ady #nou^i to zaalS a ^ripvancp^d^^iy^ttibn on ofiir 1 part^it* 10 ^
£#nuBaim or cdul<'. 3 Pnd aa a
Islam. It is noV p worthy, howpviif^that thp M ifl3SS¥Rtp p^oautiohs
takon by General ^lllenby, on hii Pntry into Jerusalrem, to protert
the Mosque of Cmat and other MuliarxaadAh shrines, have-not evoked
so far as the
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.
is aware, a aihfcle e'xp^i^ioh
gratitude from Muhammadan bodies,' either in India br^hgland;'
2. Sir M. Sykes speaks of Medina as being "now isolated", If
he means that the Hedjaz railway,, which connects Medina with
Damascus, Aleppo, and Asia Minor, is now permanently cut, it would
be interesting to know £he authority for hi a statement. Recent
reports indicate inc^asedf.Arab activity, ii\ ^tta.ckin^ ? .tiie railway,
particularly t ir>. t'n^Maajs region, ^ doub^les^ d^image ha a. been
considerable* But it is no^.plear .that raij.way, com .uiucation
has beem-perraaiienUy interrupted, or thaJSMe^na
isolated until .General AUenty is able^to cut f the line further {/
north f roQ-Ji&^or&n: .valley^ m ^ ]r Jo * i0aivt ,
3. Meanwhile King Husain is being urged, to take Medina. Should
he succeed in doing .30, , the pcsitiojv.pf the varipus sml.l Turkish
pefets along the line ought to become untenable, and ? „ i/. so .
practically tlie whole Arabian peninsula, except the Yemen, will be
clear of Turkish occupation. The task of clearing the Yemen, v/ill
still remain. The desirability, as a first step in this
direction, of a British advance from Aden against the Turkish
position
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The file consists of a note, dated 10 January 1918, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh (Political Department, 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. ) on a memorandum written by Sir Mark Sykes on the Palestine and West Arabian situation. The note was prepared for a meeting of the Middle East Committee. Shuckburgh comments on statements made by Sykes, and provides an account of the latest developments and plans for the region. A section is included on policy in regards to Bin Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd ] (Wahabi Emir of Nejd), and tensions with King Husain [Hussein bin Ali] (Sharif and Emir of Mecca). Recommendations for action are given.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 28, and terminates at f 30, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 28-30; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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