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File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [21r] (38/481)
The record is made up of 1 item (242 folios). It was created in 1915-1916. 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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3. Ottoman or other foreign suzerfli^nty over any pert of the
area*
A. H.
We f for our part, have not agreed to:-
1. Do more than approve an Arab Caliphate, if set up by the
Arabs themselves*
3. Hecognise Arab independence in Syria,west of the line
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Aleppo-Hama-Homs-Damascus or in any other portion of the
Arab area in which we are not free to aot without detriment
to the interests of our Ally,France.
3* Hecognise any single political chief of the independent
Arab area, or the subjection of any Arab chief to any
other*
4. Set any term to our occupation of Irak; define the
conditions on which we are to hold any part of it; or limit
our occupation to the Vilayet of Basra alone*
5. Annul the extra-territorial privileges of foreigners.
What has been agreed to,therefore, on behalf of Great
Britain is:-
1. To recognise the independence of those portions of the
Arab speaking irmn area in which we are free to act
without detriment to the interests of France, Subject to these
undefined reservations, the said area is understood to be
bounded B. by about Lat 37°,east by the Persian frontier,
south by the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and.Indian Ocean, west by the Eed
Sea, A the Mediterranean up to. about Lat 33 c and beyohd oy
an indefinite line drawn inland west of Damasous,Homs,Hama
and Aleppo; all that lies between this last line and the
Mediterranean being, ii]|any case, reserved absolutely for
future arrangement with the French and the Arabs*
Within the above independent area we have also excepted:-
1 . Aden and district, as our Imperial possession*
a, Irak (Vilayets of Basra and Baghdad) as to be in part
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Part 4 consists of correspondence relating to the possible declaration of a caliphate in Arabia and is a continuation of part 3 (IOR/L/PS/10/525/1). The papers tell of the British assessment of the situation and the French attitude, as well as correspondence and negotiations with Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, the Grand Sharif of Mecca. The file also discusses the British view of the proposed blockade of the Arabian ports in the Red Sea.
The file also includes a printed document (ff 25-242) marked 'secret' entitled 'Policy in the Middle East', which consists mainly of communications on the military situation in Mespotamia from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Mark Sykes to the Director of Military Information.
The discussion over such matters is mostly between Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, the General Officer Commanding, Egypt, and the Commander-in-Chief, India.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.
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