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Papers of the Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs [76v] (152/290)
The record is made up of 1 file (145 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1919-7 Dec 1920. 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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He therefore suggested that, without abandoning our policy of
abstaining from interference in Central Arabian politics, we should
subsidise Ibn Rashid as long as he kept the pilgrim routes open
and respected our frontier, and that this should be done from
Baghdad.
The Chairman thought that the figure suggested by Colonel
Wilson w^as excessive, and asked what Ibn Rashid was likely to
spend it on.
Miss Bell said that it would probably be spent on the entertain
ment of guests. She agreed that the figure appeared excessive in
view of the fact that it was to be a Peace and not a War subsidy.
It was clearly impossible that Ibn Rashid s advances should be
altogether ignored ; he had always had relations with Baghdad, and
was an important factor from the Mesopotamian point of view.
She did not know what subsidy the Turks used to pay him before the
war, but she thought 1,000Z. or possibly even 500Z. per month would
be sufficient as a quid pro quo for his keeping the pilgrim route.
The Chairman considered that for the reasons given by
Sir Arthur Hirtzel it w r as desirable for His Majesty’s Government to
approve in principle that Ihn Rashid should be subsidised, but lie
thought that steps should be taken to ascertain what payments were
made to him by the Turks before the war.
Tlie Conference decided —
That 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.
should telegraph in this sense to the
Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
(Initialled) C. of K.
Foreign Office,
June 17, 1919.
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This file is composed of papers produced by the Foreign Office's Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs. It consists entirely of printed minutes of meetings of the conference, most of which are chaired by George Curzon.
Those attending include senior representatives of the Foreign Office, 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. (most notably the Secretary of State for India), the War Office, the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, and the Treasury (including the Chancellor of the Exchequer). Other notable figures attending include Harry St John Bridger Philby and Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell.
The meetings concern British policy in the Middle East, and mainly cover the following geographical areas: Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, Trans-Caspia, Trans-Caucasia, the Caspian Sea, Palestine, Persia, Hejaz, and Afghanistan. Some of the meetings also touch on matters beyond the Middle East (e.g. wireless telegraphy in Tibet, ff 79-80).
Recurring topics of discussion include railways (chiefly in relation to Mesopotamia), Bolshevik influence in the Middle East (particularly in Persia and Trans-Caspia), and relations between King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].
Several sets of minutes also contain related memoranda as appendices.
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- 1 file (145 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 145, 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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- Papers of the Interdepartmental Conference on Middle Eastern Affairs
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- front, front-i, 2r:144v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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