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IOR/L/PS/10/638
- Record Id:
- 040-000545704
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000215
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055169516.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/638
- Title:
- File 5235/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: Shereef''s title.'
- Scope & Content:
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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 that the King was entitled to the Caliphate, January 1917; reports on the military situation; the attitude of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī, Imam of ʻAsīr]; the King's wish to be recognised as the 'leader of the Arab movement', May-June 1917; and his relations with Imam Yahia [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Imam of Yemen], September 1917.
The file also contains copies of papers dated 1915 recording the treaty between the British Government and the Idrisi (folios 49-51). There are further papers on this subject, dated 1918, in the previous volume: IOR/L/PS/10/637.
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 contained 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
040-000545704 - 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/10/638 : File 5235/1916 Pt 2 'Arabia: Shereef''s title.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0640]/040-000545704
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (149 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000215
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1 Jan - 25 Oct 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- P 5235/1916 Pt 2
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 5235 (Arab Revolt: the Sharif's Title) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/637-638. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)