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Papers on British policy and the Arab movement [89r] (181/380)
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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Genera}. Allenoy, the Cornmancier-in-Clii^f. .
3. Further, the agreement refers to "territory
occupied or to be occi^ied" and not to Cilicia, as '
to 1 hich no question '.rises at nresent, since it has
net been occupied and may not be occupied in the future
still less does the agreement refer to Palestine
vhich is outside the area of special Ih-ench interest.
4. l/hile taking note with pleasure of the
acceptance by the French Government of our proposal
uhat fresh.conversations on the subject of the territori
comprised in the agreement of 1916 should take plate
between the Governments of France Italy, the United
teo and , T reat Britain, His Jajesty’s Government find
the reference to "the maintenance of the cttonr.n Umpire"
in tuis connection open to possible misconstruction.
If it means, as it no doubt does, that the territory
in vnicn mhe Ottoman lurks unquestionably predominate
m.y riglitly be claimed by a Turkish Government, His
iajesty's Government would in principle agree, But
the phrase might convey the impression, far removed
as I assume from the intentions of the French Government,
that Turkish domination over other races, such as for
instance, the Armenians, the Syrians and the Jews, was no
to be entirely abolished, and to any policy C f that kind
the British Government would be as resolutely opposed
c ’ s '' ou b ( '- couttless oe the French Government also.
5. ..e seek, as has often been said, a lasting
oeace and such a peace must be based not on any considera
tions of finance or political advantage fern this or that
Power,
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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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- 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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