Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
IOR/L/PS/10/597
- Record Id:
- 040-000545647
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001ec
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100066401047.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- 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 and the blockade of Mecca by the British.
Included in the volume is the memorandum 'The Future of the Arab Race' (ff 127-134) as well as copies of correspondence from the Grand Sherrif of Mecca to local Arab rulers and the High Commissioner, Cairo (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry McMahon).
The file features the following principal correspondents: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Under-Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident, Aden; and the Controller, Foreign Trade Department.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545647 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/597 : File 2100/1916 Pt 1 'German War - Turkey. Arab revolt' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0599]/040-000545647
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (201 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001ec
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 201; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the leading flyleaf and ending flyleaf, have not been foliated.
- Former External References:
- P 2100/1916 Pt 1
- Arrangement:
-
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2100 (German War: Arab Revolt) consists of 6 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/597-602. The volumes are divided into 7 parts, with parts 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 comprising one volume each, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)