ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ١ "انتفاضة عربية - تقارير" [و‎‎٣‎٥‎٨] (٤٩٤/٢٦٣)

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inquiri** have recently been muA» with regard to tho relatione
between the JWirde end the .aasiaia during the recent Ceuoasian
operatione.
Owing to disquieting runoura which were having serious effects
upon the aherif of ISecca, for instance * the ..w Office on 23rd Kay
Uiou.dit it advisable to infom the Grand Uuke through Colonel iarah
that hritiah women and children from Bagdad wore in 1 oaul, in order
that no haru migiit befall Uioei in tlto event of a .sueaian occupution
of tho town.
In answer to this and other oooi'iunioatione reports have been
received to tho following effect.
.he Hussian UoveraBwnt has taken punitive Pleasures in sorae
places against the Kurds, owing to the«*>naeo to itassian poata
and garrisons oooasioned by Kurdish treachery. Sujbulak and the