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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Subject Caliphate Name Grand Sharīf of Mecca, 967-1925

1. 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)

2. 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)