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Papers on British policy and the Arab movement [52r] (107/380)
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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without qualification, i.e. Arabia including the
Hejaz, that the French admission of "a preponderant
interest” and "a peculiar situation in favour of
Great Britain” extends.
This is made even more clear when we come to
the British argument in the long penultimate paragraph
of the draft reply. If the argument is valid at all -
as it certainly is - it is valid for the whole of the
Arabian peninsula; and yet, after a successful
demonstration of this cardinal fact, we are brought
to the conclusion that ”it is to Great Britain tnat
Arabian factions should look” &c; and the phrase
"Arabian factions” is apparently intended to apply to
the various Arab tribes (who would greatly resent
being described as factions) outside the Hejaz. in
other words the claim which has been successfully
established (with the admission of the French) for
the whole peninsula is suddenly surrendered for
everything and everybody except the factions, whoever
they may be.
I venture to suggest that the line of argument
could be more effectively stated in another way and
that it should take note of the following distinc
tions:
(1) We agree with the French in not desiring
to interfere at all with the Holy Places. Our
desire with regard to them is confined to securing
the uninterrupted continuance and the safe conduct
of the Pilgrimage.
(2) We have no desire to interfere with the
complete internal independence of the King.
(S)
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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
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- 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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