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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Grand Sharīf of Mecca, 967-1925

31. IOR/L/PS/10/600

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/600
Title:
P 2100/1916 Pt 5 'German War: Arab Revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda and printed reports relating to the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula during the First World War (1914-1918). The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

32. IOR/L/PS/10/601

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/601
Title:
P 2100/1916 Pt 6 'German War - Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the rebellion by the Arab tribes in the Hejaz region of the Arabian Peninsula. The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters: Turkish and German plans for a campaign in the Hejaz the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (386 folios)

33. IOR/L/PS/10/602

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/602
Title:
P 2100/1916 Pt 7 'German War. Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule. The papers cover the British response to the situation, covering the following matters: defective information regarding Turkish military movements the report by Ron...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (301 folios)

34. IOR/L/PS/10/637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/637
Title:
File 5235/1916 Pt 1 'Arab revolt: Shereef's title.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the assumption by the Grand Shereef of Mecca [Grand Sharif of Mecca, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the title 'King of the Arab Nation' in 1916, and subsequent discussion by British officials of the implications of the move, and suggestions of alternative titles. The British we...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
31 Oct 1916-18 Dec 1918
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)

35. IOR/L/PS/10/638

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/638
Title:
File 5235/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: Shereef''s title.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns various titles proposed for the Grand Shereef of Mecca [Grand Sharif of Mecca, Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], following his recognition by the British and allied governments as King of the Hedjaz [Hejaz]. The papers include: the declaration by certain other rulers in the region ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan - 25 Oct 1917
Extent:
1 volume (149 folios)

36. IOR/L/PS/10/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/657
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (616 folios)

37. IOR/L/PS/18/B215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B215
Title:
Sherif of Mecca.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a confidential printed report entitled 'Sherif of Mecca'. The report contains transcriptions of correspondence, a statement by a messenger (described below), and notes relating to Sherif Hosayn, the Sherif [Shereef] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī], particularly in terms of his re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

1 file (4 folios)

38. IOR/L/PS/18/B222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B222
Title:
Correspondence with the Grand Sherif of Mecca
Scope & Content:
This secret file is a collection of printed correspondence. It contains telegrams between Joshua Milne Crompton Cheetham, Acting High Commissioner at Cairo, and the Foreign Office, letters from and correspondence between Shaikh Abdalla Ibn Hosayn [Abd Allāh ibn al-Husayn] and his father, Hussein...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1914-10 Mar 1916
Extent:

1 file (8 folios)

39. IOR/L/PS/18/B232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B232
Title:
'[Letter] from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla'
Scope & Content:
This note on the effects of the Arab rising on Aden and its hinterland, with special reference to the possible action of the Turks, was forwarded from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident in Aden, William C Walton, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Depart...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1916
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

40. IOR/L/PS/18/B272

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B272
Title:
Middle East Committee. Note prepared for meeting of 12th January 1918. Sir M. Sykes's memorandum on the Palestine and West Arabian situation
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a note, dated 10 January 1918, written by John Evelyn Shuckburgh (Political Department, India Office) on a memorandum written by Sir Mark Sykes on the Palestine and West Arabian situation. The note was prepared for a meeting of the Middle East Committee. Shuckburgh comments o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1918
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)