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File 81/1917 'Arabia: Arab revolt. Arab Prisoners' [81r] (166/272)
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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A Oonfidential note on Abdul Lajid Kamil.
I have examined the Arabic documents, books and pamphlets sent to
ne by Mr. Stewart, and after assiduous search have gleaned the
-..following facts from them.
z. Abdul 32ajid is a highly educated man. He was bom in Cairo in the
year 1294 Hijri (corresponding to about 1875) and so he is about 40
years old now. His father Hussain Sidgi was attached to the Khedival
Palace as a
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.
.
3. He knows Turkish, French and English, and he is a great scholar in
Arabic. He was very fond of geography and mathematics while at
school.
4. After obtaining literary education he joined the military school
where he distinguished himself so well that he soon obtained an
appointment in the Army. He was then appointed Superintendent of
Police at Haifa.
5. His heart, however, lay in a different direction. While in
Government service he used to contribute articles to Liberal and
Radical papers complaining of the Military Autocracy in Egypt and
sighing for more personal freedom and liberty in the land of the
Pharoahs.
6. He, therefore, left the Army "without pemission" and took to
public life as a journalist. In 1901 he started the magazine called
"A1 Nizarat"; in 1902 the illustrated weekly newspaper "Albaba
Ghilu-al-Misri"; in 1907 the illustrated daily newspaper "A1 Magsua";
and soon after the iagazine "A1 Ustaz". These journalistic aborts
did not succeed as all the papers with the exception ox
Ustaz" were short lived and had to be stopped either on account of
financial difficulties or pressure from Government
7. In addition to this work Abdul Majid founded two schools for the
better education of the boys and girls at x>airo and Banha. But
this work also he met with opposition from i s livALs ana
8. In 1910 he joined the Education Committee ana was appointed its
Secretary. He then quarrelled with the "Mudir (wlacn means eith
the District Officer or the President of the Committee) left Egypt
and started on his travels* 9.
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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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- File 81/1917 'Arabia: Arab revolt. Arab Prisoners'
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- 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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