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File P 53/1915 Part III 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; Caliphate and Jemal Pasha' [255r] (25/60)
The record is made up of 1 item (30 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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Military Secret. 4
From General, Force “ D,” Basra, 2nd January 1916.
(Addressed Egypt, repeated to Chief of the General Staff, Secretary
of State for India and War Office.)
LG. 1900. 2nd January. Dr. Cacliar Rahman Shahbander, English-
speaking Syrian Arab from Damascus, who left there about 2nd November
arrived here with Tufik Ibn Rajib al Halebi, says he knew Jemal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
personally, and escaped here to avoid arrest as‘young Arab. Confirms
typhus outbreak in Aleppo district and has given a good deal of other
information. Please wire any questions you particularly want asked.
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Part 3 consists of correspondence relating to the potential development of an Arab Kingdom and Caliphate in the Middle East and specifically proposed negotiations with Jamal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . A draft note to the French ambassador is also discussed.
The main correspondents include Arthur Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner, Cairo; the Grand Sharif of Mecca (Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī); the Viceroy and Governor General, India (Lord Hardinge of Penshurst); and the General Officer Commanding, Cairo.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- File P 53/1915 Part III 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; Caliphate and Jemal Pasha'
- Pages
- 243r:271v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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