File 53/1915 Pt 6 'The War: Arab Kingdom; Italian claims'

Title:

File 53/1915 Pt 6 'The War: Arab Kingdom; Italian claims'

Contributor:

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (correspondent)
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council (correspondent)
Grand Sharif of Mecca (correspondent)
High Commissioner, Egypt (correspondent)
Sir 6th Baronet Mark Sykes (correspondent)
King of Jordan ʿAbdullāh I (correspondent)

Date:

1916/1917

Description:

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Italian claims and policy in the Arabian Peninsula in the context of British policy in the Arabian Peninsula particularly in relation to the Hejaz, Asir and the Yemen.The discussion in the volume relates to the visit of Italian officials, soldiers and naval ships to Jeddah, Hejaz. Further discussion surrounds debate over the Italian relationship with the Idrīsī Imām of ʻAsīr and whether the Imām was engaged in intrigues with the Italians. Also discussed is the Italian proposal to recruit Arabs from ʻAsīr into the Italian colonial forces for duty in Italian Somaliland.Documents in the volume include:'Agreement with the Idrisi Saiyid regarding the Farasan Islands and Other Matters' (ff 10-13).'British Interests in Arabia' (ff 88-89).The principal correspondents in the volume include the Under Secretary of State for India; the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Political Resident, Aden; the Secretary of State for India (Austen Chamberlain); and the Grand Sharif of Mecca (Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī).The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, subject headings, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (176 folios)The subject 55 (German War) consists of 5 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/524-527. The volumes are divided into 5 parts with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume each, parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume and parts 5 and 6 comprising one volume each.The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 178; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English
French

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Insurrections
Maps
First World War campaigns
First World War (1914-1918)
Boundaries
Diplomacy
Rebellions
Muslims
International conflicts

Geographic region:

Middle East
Turkey
ʻAsīr
Hejaz
Arabian Peninsula

Extent:

1 volume (176 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Public Domain
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001a6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001a6_en
IOR/L/PS/10/527

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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