ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ٢ "انتفاضة عربية: التقارير العربية؛ تقارير السير م. سايكس" [و‎‎٩‎٨] (٤٥٠/١٩٣)

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(Urgent.)
To His Highness the Sherif and Emir of Mecca.
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a vow and theUThlfT h H hls p f lbes and * h e Baladia tribes also, and all have made
ammunition son r l 7 y ' f lea8e f nd ^O. 0 rifles of five shots with their
details inT W ^ “if® e ° ffee ’ and a sufficlent amount of supplies, I shall send
of them! an<1 Wh6n a n6W oonsl g nmeat of rifles arrives, please send me some
The Mamluke ZEID.
Copy of Sheikh of Rabegh's Letter to Zeid Bey.
To His Excellency the Honourable Sherif Zeid Bey. May his glory last.
of Tf M a t?’ mU and blessin s of 61 *! be upen you- I W sent according to the order
oJiaa the , Ma * te . r °f favours, under the care of Suailim-bin-Suailih, 330 sacks of flour
aua 188 sacks ot rice, expenses of transport are paid by us.
Hoping to send you some more supplies, &c., which will reach on Wednesday
morning with El-Zeidan. May you live long. ^
The Agent of the Sherif and Emir of Mecca
ioo,/o 7 v (Sea1 ^ HU SSEIN-BIN- M UBEIBIK.
6 Heida, 1334 {September 4, 1916).
’ , iii „ , , . Jeddah, September 2, 1916.
1 have the honour to forward herewith, for your Excellency’s information, copies of
recent telegrams exchanged between the Sherif and myself concerning the guns from
I have, &c.
C. E. WILSON, Lieutenant-Colonel.
His Excellency
Sir Henry McMahon, G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E.,
His Majesty’s High Commissioner in Egypt, Alexandria.
(Copy sent to Arab Bureau, his Excellency Governor-General.)
Telegram- from the Sherif to Wilson in reply to one sent by Letter urging him to
send two Guns from Taif.
It is clearly understood from the message of my son Abdulla, the Commander of
the Arab troops at Taif, that taking part of the Maxim gun and mule batteries by the
road indicated would have a very bad influence, owing to the sayings of people and
their bad thoughts; the result will be extremely bad.
It will therefore be better to delay the matter for a week until—if God wishes—
all will come to me.
The Sherif and Emir of Mecca
HUSSEIN.
Mecca, August 24, 1916.
Mote .—Time after time I have pointed out to the Sherif the very great importance
of sending Eeisal as many guns as can possibly be spared from Taif; also that a general
assault should be made on the Turkish positions, pointing out that if it is true that the
Turks are in such a bad state as Said always reports, such action should cause the fall
of the town.
C. E W.
September 1, 1916.
Telegram from Sherif to Wilson Pasha.
His Excellency the British Agent in Jeddah. September 1, 1916.
I have given strict orders to whomsoever it may concern at Taif, to send the mule
guns and Maxims which you asked for. The arrival of the above will be about ten
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