File 53/1915 Part IV 'German War: Turkey; Caliphate etc' [‎53r] (102/481)

Fourth "Order I" nos sent £5,000 to the Sherif to
equip "Mujahedin" and arms for tne purpose were oeing
collected from soldiers as no others are aval ladle -
from reserve .
Money is urgently required .
No 3 9 1 • 3. Unsigned letter from Abdalla dated
March 21st , explains meaalng of Feis&i's letter
"paragraph 2" to be that latter (Feisal) had lost all
confidence in Turkish Government and desired to oe
given a force to enable him to administer the country
when the collapse of the present Government oecame
apparent .
"A" proposes to ac ept Turks offers of assistance p
to equip s force which will be subsequently used against
the Turks .
Movement should be engineered in midsummer , spy
one one a half to two months hence, and Sherif's decis
ion is awaited as to whether force shall be despatched
to Feisal or the letter be required to return and join
in rising in Kedjaz and Anazah districts .
"A" has seen Kadi el Jehni
ments wit i him .
Kadi of El araja and the
and made necessary arrange-
Awagir have been instructed
to make joint raids .
• 0 notice should be tfKen of Arabs here ( Kedjaz?)
and especially of people of El Aawali Beni el Safar
and El Sawaaed .
4. Letter, dated March 2nd , addressed to Abdalika
from" Sheikh of sheikhs" of Beni Selman Refada Arabs .
writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. regrets inability, owing to difficulty o±
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