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File 81/1917 'Arabia: Arab revolt. Arab Prisoners' [131r] (266/272)
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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89769. Folio-wing has been received frm the high Cowiiaaioner,
r^ypt: •
Arab leaders have put forward a request for transfer of Arab
ffiilitary prisoners who are now in India.via Rabegh.to -gypt. There
they would be given the option of taking service with aherif’s
forces or of being re-interned. . en and officers uo have arrived
fron India believe that 80 of these prieoncirs, when they see
liherif’ f? revolt is a fact, rill be willing to join him, but it is
considered inportant th<t prisoners, when leaving India, shall not
be informed of their destination. Chief, Bgyptforee, has agreed
to the taking over ch^r.-e of these prisoners, who refuse to serve
jt:i -neri 1, and to t teir being interred in ryot. In view of the
great importance of obtaining reinforcement of partially or fully
tr inch soldiers, with Arab forces now being or ganised at Hebegh, I
should be much obliged if, ae suggested, you can arrange to tend off
such of theee prisoners as are fit for further Eflilitary service.
Time ie an all-i ->rt int factor, if they are to be ae» t to Rabegh,
t?o that the sooner they arrive there the better.”
This arrangement suits us, and, unless we hear to the contrary,
we shall proceed to carry it out.
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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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- Open Government Licence