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Papers on British policy and the Arab movement [28r] (59/380)
The record is made up of 1 file (187 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1916-7 Dec 1918. It was written in English and French. 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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^ni 3 f i-Tenoh Official in «19 nlua Ar-aa, and i'no 'ihiox
British offisial in ths I^od Area, ana oy aRroe.-'init
between the local Kovsrnnsnts of Areas A and B res
pectively, and the governments of Frame and Groan
Britain respectively, these advisers should have
tive authority in their departments and should have
fixed terms of office. This agreement should not he
perpetual but of sufficient duration to ensure the
departments in question being got into definite work
ing order, a period of 25 years is suggested as the
term, of this agreement, it should then be revised in
the light of development,
(IT) "Ye are also of opinion that iu suould be
the policy of both British and French Governments to
encourage to the utmost similarity of administration
and common ideals in these two areas, and that both
Governments should instruct their nominated advisers
to co-operate as closely as possible in pursuance of
this ideal, A iommon political and intellectual
progress is the best guarantee of the realisation Ox
the economic desiderata of the two interested powers,
4 r JTv A’R ? ,T 0¥' sT [.Tl-i'T IH Cr4H 2JliiL«-
(1) r \Je aro oi opinion that it will be found ad
visable to assume that the Kind of Hodjas is trie
leader of the Arab movement,.
(II) That both Great Britain and Prance should
encourage all Arab parties in areas A and B to look to
him end his successors resident at Mecca as titular
suzerains*.
(Ill) The King of Hedjaz should have an assured
revenue for the purpose of maintaining order in Hodjas
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This file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, manuscript notes, and other papers relating to the political and territorial settlement of parts of the Middle East following the First World War. Many of the papers were collected for the attention of the Middle East Committee (later named the Eastern Committee, following the mergence of the Foreign Office's Russia Committee and the interdepartmental Persia Committee) of the War Cabinet. Contributors include officials from the War Office, Foreign Office, Admiralty, and 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. , as well as indivduals such as Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence. Correspondence comes from representatives of the French and Italian governments as well as British officials in Cairo and other parts of the Middle East.
The papers deal with plans for the region presuming and following an Allied victory in the First World War and take into consideration the imperial ambitions of the victorious European Powers (France, Italy, Russia, Britain, and the United States) and the multitudinous commitments made by the British to various groups. The plans are based on evolving agreements rooted in the Sykes-Picot, or Asia Minor, Agreement between the British and French of 1916. Regions under consideration include the Hejaz (sometimes written Hedjaz), Syria, Northern Iraq, Southern Iraq, Palestine, Armenia, Turkey, the Idrisi state, Yemen, Persia, and Afghanistan. Various matters are covered in the file, but particular focus is given to plans for the Sherifian family of the Hejaz, led by King Husein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], which impacted upon policy in Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and the Arabian Peninsula. Other matters include the situation between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, wartime commitments to ruling shaikhs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the French position in the region, and desiderata of the Government of India for any peace settlement.
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- 1 file (187 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front first page with 1, and terminates at the inside back last page with 187; 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
- Papers on British policy and the Arab movement
- Pages
- 1ar:1av, 1r:14r, 14r:14v, 14v, 22r:59v, 62r:98r, 99v:120v, 125r:133v, 136r:165r, 166r:167r, 167av, 168r:173r, 175r:176v, 178r:187v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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