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File 81/1917 'Arabia: Arab revolt. Arab Prisoners' [56r] (116/272)
The record is made up of 1 volume (132 folios). It was created in 4 Nov 1916-12 Feb 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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Oonfiflontial .
D.O. No. LfS^- tJ
Simla
The ~ May 1917.
Please refer to llirtzel ! s demi-official letter No. P.
631/17 of the 8 th March.
The military authorities decided at the last moment to
despatch Abdul Majid Kamil to Habegh with the Arab prisoners of
war on the strong recommendation of the Commandant of the Sumerpur
Camp, who thought that his influence would be valuable. No
arrangements were made to keep him apart from the other prisoners
on the voyage. But that no harm was done seems clear from
Lieutenant-Colonel Parker T s report that "the only enthusiastic
oersons who came forward first of all were:- an Egyptian journalist
4 .
who, according to his own account, had been made a prisoner of war
at Karachi, for no reason and appeared somewhat averse to ^oing on
to Egypt; two doctors, etcetera." 'The Egyptian journalist can
have been no other than Abdul Majid Kamil.
E. Shuckburgh, As pulre,
Secretary, Political Department,
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.
, London.
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The file concerns the recruitment of Arab prisoners of war held in India, formerly with the Ottoman Army, for service in the Arab Revolt under the Sherif [of Mecca] (later referred to as the King of Hejaz) [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, Emir and Sherif of Mecca, later King of Hejaz]. A request for the release of prisoners was said to have come from Arab leaders in November 1916, and the proposals obtained the consent of the British military and political authorities.
The papers cover: the release of ninety Arab officers and 2100 rank and file in November 1916, and their despatch under escort from Bombay to Egypt; only thirty-six of the released prisoners volunteer to fight, December 1916; papers concerning an Egyptian civilian, Abdul Majid Kamil, who had been interned in India, and who accompanied the prisoners of war to Egypt, who was suspected of being an Egyptian nationalist and member of the Young Turk Party, January - May 1917; further recruitment of Arab prisoners in Indian prisoner of war camps, 1917; a proposal to recall Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Evelyn Leachman to India to supervise the recruitment of prisoners, and the Army Council's decision to reject the proposal pending a decision on the formation of an Arab Legion, June 1917; and the recruitment of Arab prisoners of war and civilians interned in India to the Arab Legion, August 1917 - 1918.
In addition to correspondence and memoranda from the 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. , the file includes correspondence from the Viceroy, and the Government of India.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (132 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 81 (Arabia: Arab Revolt. Arab Prisoners) consists of one volume only.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 134; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- File 81/1917 'Arabia: Arab revolt. Arab Prisoners'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:133v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence