File 287/1917 'Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians'

Title:

File 287/1917 'Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians'

Contributor:

Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (correspondent)
Foreign Office (correspondent)
Colonial Office (correspondent)
War Office (correspondent)
High Commissioner, Egypt (correspondent)

Date:

1916/1920

Description:

The file contains papers, mostly India Office minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta.The file includes correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon; the Foreign Office; the Colonial Office; and the War Office. The file also includes correspondence between the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon, and the Foreign Office, and between the High Commissioner for Egypt and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.The file includes photographic copies of the silk letters, which are written in Urdu (folios 63 to 66).1 volume (155 folios)The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English
Urdu

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Deportation
Internment
First World War (1914-1918)

Geographic region:

India
Malta
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Egypt
Mecca
Jedda
Hejaz

Extent:

1 volume (155 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Open Government Licence
Copyright or data protection restrictions

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00021f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00021f_en
IOR/L/PS/10/648

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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