ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ٢ "انتفاضة عربية: التقارير العربية؛ تقارير السير م. سايكس" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٠] (٤٥٠/٤١٧)

CL ,
[This Document is the property oflfe-.]
Britannic Majesty's Government.^
SECRET.
• V^ "7 7^
0 C I <3
:
For Beference only.
*2 vo.
ARABIAN REPORT.
N.S. No. IV. August 9, 1916 {night).
Contents.
PART I.
The Sherif of Mecca.
The Sherif’s operations.
The French Government and the Sherif.
The Sherif and the official announcement.
The Sherif and Idrisi of A sir.
The Haj.
Visit of Indian officers to the Sherif.
Arab prisoners in Egypt.
The Sherifs and the Moslems of the Far East.
Muskat.
Koweit and the Trucial Coast.
PART II.
Political events in the fields of operations.
Aden.
South Mesopotamia.
PART m.
Miscellaneous.
Syria : The present position.
Miscellaneous notes.
Moroccans, &c., in the Turkish Army.
Italian enquiry as to Ottoman territory.
PART IV.
The Press.
Correspondence on the Caliphate in the “ Nation.”
Letter thereon from Mr. Lovat Fraser.
The Indian press and the Sherifs revolt.
Movement for the overthrow of the Young Turk
party (“ Times ”).
The Young Turks and Islam (“ Mokattam”). ^
Italian ambition and Yemen (-‘Idea Nazionale
The Sherif’s revolt {Idem).
PART I.
THE SHEEIF OF MECCA.
The Sherifs Operations.
ON the 4th August Sir H. McMahon telegraphed [No. 664] that the Sherif had
informed Colonel Wilson that the Turkish troops in Medina were mostly from Aleppo,
that 10 per cent, of them had deserted, and that the Turks were sending others back to
Syria. The Sherif had also stated that the arms sent by us had improved the condition
of the Arabs at Medina. He asked for a man-of-war with aeroplanes to be stationed
off Yambo.
The French Government and the Sherif.
The French Charge d’Affaires has informed the Foreign Office that his Government
proposes to send a mission to the Sherif, composed of notables and Moslem officers from
Algeria, Tunis, and Morocco. They would carry presents and congratulations to the
Sherif, and would arrive before the end of the Haj. It also proposes to organise a
restricted pilgrimage in those countries.
The Sherif and the Official Announcement.
In regard to the announcement promulgated among Moslem communities in
British dominions [ £C Arabian Beport,” N.S. Ill, p. 26], Sir H. McMahon telegraphed
on the 5th August [No. 671] that he had. received a telegram from the Sherif’begging
him to convey his heartfelt thanks to His Majesty the King, to whom he was also
telegraphing direct.
The Sherif and Idrisi of Asir.
On the 31st July Sir H. McMahon reported [No. 643] that he had received a
telegram from the S.N.O., Port Sudan, stating, that: (l) by order of the Sherif, Said
Mohammed Nazir, of Lith, was advancing on Comfida, (2) the G.O.C., Egypt, had
requested the S.N.O. to inform Nazir that the Turkish garrison at Comfida had been
[898—2] B