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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Grand Sharīf of Mecca, 967-1925

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/496, ff 16-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/496, ff 16-20
Title:
Judda Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 50 of 1858, dated 7 May 1858. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 31 March 1858. The papers relate to affairs in Judda [Jeddah], includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1858
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/76/133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/133
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 30 June 1800. The letter introduces Lieutenant Richard Tanvarine, whom Blankett has sent ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. IOR/L/PS/9/76/115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/76/115
Title:
Letter from John Blankett to Harford Jones
Scope & Content:
A copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral John Blankett, Commander of the British naval squadron in the Red Sea, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from HMS Leopard at Jedda [Jeddah] and dated 15 June 1800. Blankett reports a visit to Suez where he found that the Convention for the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1800
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)