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036-000544688 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Arab Revolt (1916-1918)

1. IOR/L/PS/10/643

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/643
Title:
File 81/1917 'Arabia: Arab revolt. Arab Prisoners'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the recruitment of Arab prisoners of war held in India, formerly with the Ottoman Army, for service in the Arab Revolt under the Sherif [of Mecca] (later referred to as the King of Hejaz) [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, Emir and Sherif of Mecca, later King of Hejaz]. A request for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1916-12 Feb 1919
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/645
Title:
File 110/1917 'Arabia: Printed Correspondence.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains miscellaneous printed correspondence received by the India Office from the Government of India, relating to Arabia and the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are the Secretary of State for India; the British High Commissioner, Egypt; the Political Resident in the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
14 Nov 1916 - 1 Oct 1919
Extent:
1 volume (299 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/586

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/586
Title:
File 705/1916 Pt 1-2 Arab Revolt
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that pertain to various military and intelligence fields of operation during 1916, specifically relating to the First World War in the region of Hejaz and the broader Arabian peninsula. The bulk of the file is comprised of reports on various military, intelligence, and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 file (473 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/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)

7. 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)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/597

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/597
Title:
File 2100/1916 Pt 1 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, parliamentary notices and notes, relating to the progress of the First World War (1914-18) and the development of the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule in the Arabian Peninsula. Further discussion surrounds trade with Jeddah a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (201 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/598

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/598
Title:
File 2100/1916 Pt 2 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to measures to support the Arab revolt (1916-18)against the Ottoman Turks. The file contains: correspondence between the Political Resident, Aden (Brigadier-General William Crawford Walton) and Idrīsī Imā...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (219 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/615

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/615
Title:
File P 3372/1916 Pt 1 'Arab Revolt: the French Mission. French Designs in Hedjaz'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Secret Department minute papers, mostly relating to French policy regarding the Hedjaz [Hejaz or Hijaz]. This correspondence largely consists of: copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the British High Commissioner of Egypt (Sir Ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1916-31 May 1917
Extent:

1 volume (178 folios)