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Papers on British policy and the Arab movement [76r] (155/380)
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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Tins ixiTr:nn is tiie picterty of axs BRiTAKinc ta^sty^ ac^.r
n.iv.
Xitel OABI’TET«
S^ORET.
EASTER.'” OOirnTTEB*
E.0,1015.
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t)c cypher. Gonoral 01 ay ton (Cairo). 11th. October, 1018.
D. 1«45 a*ni 12th.
October, 1018.
n, 5.45 p.n. 18til.
ITo.llO*
yy tolograns 104 of October,9th. and 100 of October 10th*
Situation at Boy rout has b econo difficult ^js.Shuhrl Panha refuses
to relinquish his position as Governor uithoutyoraors fron Poisal and
objects to hauling down tho Arab 'flag. Pol lowing is sunnary of position
ue to the ovoning of October 10th. y.unicipality in willing ozv\ anxious
to vrorlv with French hi lit.ary Governor Colonel do Piopapo« On tho other hand
Shuhri Pc.sha has boon appointed Governor of Boyrout and district by
Poised and is disposing of Police and gondamorio end parading tho
town with an escort and flying tho Arab flag over tho palaoo. The Arab
over tho municipality has boon loworod. Shufcri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
maintains
he can only loavo on direct orders fron Foioal end states that ho
not believe that wo shall forcibly oxpol hin or publicly lower tho
flag after having fought sido by side for so many months.
A later tologran reports a modification of ShaJtri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
□ attitude
in that he has told tho President of the jiuniolpality and heads of
police and gondamorio tliat in future thoy should taho ordorr. from,
corps Oonnandor though thoy should not carry out any orders to lower
the Arab flag. Instructions have boon sent by Oonoandor-in-Chiof^ to
British Liaison Officor at Damascus to requost Foisal to ordor Shukri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to withdraw fron the Tovm as Colonel do Piopapo has been appointed
Governor by the Oonnandor^in^Chioifi# Foinal has already been
that only drdors and proolanations onojnating frcr.i Ooi^iandor-
aro valid. Foivsal has attempted to as sun o control of tho
and tolograpCs at Danaccus but ho has boen infornod that all
and telegraphs must be directly under military authorities,
nrocood to Danascuo toic.orrow and interview Feisal. I shall
flag
that
doos
Arab
military
infornod
in-Chicf
Railways
railways
onphasiso inctructions which I have telegraphed today to British Liaison
Officer’and which arc as follows: Bogins.
The gonoral policy is basod on attached Anglo-French agrponont•
You should warn Foisal that ho will only prejudice his case b$ attempting
to control Blue area, final sottlon.ont of which must await peace ^on—
foronco. Remind him that status of tho Lebanon is peculiar krtn and has
boen for many years guaranteed by the powers oo that in attempting undue
intorforonoo V there ho is on very delicate'ground. Urge him to devote all
his onorgy to establishing sound administration in the A* and B* aro^s
so that ho nay bo able to show real im.provoncnt over Turkish oystom when
tho tine for final sottlorient arrives. Infcrr. him that it is very
undesirable that ho should take action
consequences without taking tho advice
Ends.
loading to political
of the-two LidLnon officers.
(15*10., 3-4)
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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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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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