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File P 53/1915 Part III 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; Caliphate and Jemal Pasha' [263r] (41/60)
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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/ rmtedfor the use of the Cabinet. January 191 (i.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[34]
from tlie Turks and sided with the Allies, we would support an independent Arab
btate. lI ris would of eoiuse include Arabia and tlie Holy Places, but we bad not vet
been able to say anything definite about its boundaries on the side of Syria, because
that u r as a matter that interested the French. If, however, Djemal’s movement was
to have any chance of success he must get the Arabs to side with him, and he ouo-ht
to have an agreement with them. If he did that, our promises to the Arabs woukfbe
satisfied by anything to which they themselves had willingly agreed. I observed to
Fount Benckendor If that it would be necessary to consult the French Grovernment
about Syria especially.
On his asking about Italy, I said that, in order to see what the Italian require
ments were, M. Sazonof should refer to the agreement that we had made with Italy
when she entered into the war.
I told Count Benckendorff that we had carefully abstained from any promises or
discussion of the Caliphate. This we regarded as a Moslem question to be settled by
Moslems, in which there should be no interference by us.
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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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- File P 53/1915 Part III 'German War: Turkey; Arab Kingdom; Caliphate and Jemal Pasha'
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- 243r:271v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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