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File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [52r] (100/481)
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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Syria cannot engineer revolution or seize railv/ay
owing to the dispersal of their Chiefs out will not
oppose Hedjaz Arabs .
IIUKI Chief of the Anezeh , will be given money
and asked to carry out instructions - reacting on line
of comrnunications; ~
Reliance is placed on us to have ready for issue
on demand the assistance ( arms &c ) already specified.
Reports terrible sufferings of Arabs serving with
Army in
Anatolia
Peninsula that forms most of modern-day Turkey.
.
Asks that Russia be required to stop wholesale killing
of children etc in revenge for^massacre of Armenians*
£. Unsigned and undated letter from Feisal is of con
siderable political interest. x -is recommendations ap
pear to be based on (a) the assumption that Turkish
protection^of the Arab border ) is worthless, and (b)
his apprehension of the Russian menace from the Caucasus.
He urges the necessity of despatch of an army by
'fy-rryCtityr
the Sherif for-the protection of the Syrian /)?/&*<& .
Letter contains following items of news : -
Turks wish to replace Crown Prince Wahid 01 Din
by J'ajid .
Turks officially deny fussian
s. ccesses at Erzerum
reports of which ’‘'ere neveTtneiess cu.iu’ei’t •
Turks had been cornu el lad to divert portion ol army
destined for Egyptian Expedition against Russia •
Natives of M 3 Islamid Villayets " were oeing kj.ilec
for iheir connectinn with the Armenian massacres .
Turkey demands for Arab "Mujahidin" are based on
desire to convince the public that Arab preparations
are solely directed against Egypt .
Fourth
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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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- File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc'
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- 3r:14v, 15ar, 15r:65v, 72r:78v, 80v:125v, 129r:129v, 131r:172v, 179r:184v, 188r:188v, 190r:196r, 198r:203r, 204v:242v
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