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File 705/1916 Pt 2 'Arab revolt: Arab reports; Sir M Sykes' reports' [143r] (283/450)
The record is made up of 1 item (245 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1918-24 Mar 1919. 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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jjihis Document is the Proper-ty of His Brita nnic Majesty’s Government,
and soould be returned to the Foreign Office when done with unless
required for official use.|
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EGYPT .
L1TLITAEY.
Eecypher. Sir Ho McMahon (RaniLeh) August 30th,
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Rc 9o50 prn Augu-st 30th.
No. 740o
Shereef has made urgent demands for full-equipment
for a force of 40,000 men of which following are most
important items.
One fifteen centimetre battery; four ten and half
centimetre mountain batteries; four-French Q.F.
mountain batteries; (75). Abbve to be complete
in every detail except perennel and with ammunition.
Fifty maxim guns and 40,000 rifles with ammunition*
Four aeroplanes. Also such things as field
glasses and revolvers for officers, wireless telegraphy,
telephones, barbed wire etc. A full list follows by
ce epatch.
After (?) careful consideration I am of opinion
that we should be prppared to supply the above with
the exception of (?) fifteen centimetre guns hut
gradually and in proportion to growth of his trained
personel and to needs of situation. At present all
that can be profitably used is one Q.F.
battery, 7500 rifles, 5 machine guns and two aeroplanes.
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This item contains papers relating to British military and intelligence operations in the Hejaz and broader Arabian Peninsula during the First World War. Notably, the item contains reports by my Sir Mark Sykes relating broadly to the Anglo-French absorption of the Arab Provinces of the Ottoman Empire after the War.
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