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IOR/L/PS/10/648
- Record Id:
- 040-000545718
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00021f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100054800338.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/648
- Title:
- File 287/1917 ''Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians''
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains papers, mostly India Office minute papers and correspondence, relating to the deportation from the Hejaz of certain Indians for alleged anti-British and pro-Turkish activities (as part of the silk letters movement), and their internment in Malta.
The file includes correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon; the Foreign Office; the Colonial Office; and the War Office. The file also includes correspondence between the High Commissioner for Egypt, Sir (Arthur) Henry McMahon, and the Foreign Office, and between the High Commissioner for Egypt and the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.
The file includes photographic copies of the silk letters, which are written in Urdu (folios 63 to 66).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545718 - 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/10/648 : File 287/1917 ''Arabia: Deportation of undesirable Indians'' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0650]/040-000545718
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume (155 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00021f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
Urdu - Scripts:
- Arabic (nastaliq Variant)
Latin - Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 12 Dec 1916-14 Jun 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 157; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 287/1917
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Administrative Context:
- The silk letter movement was a movement organised by the Deobandi leaders between 1913 and 1920, with the aim of freeing India from the British rule by allying with Ottoman Turkey, Imperial Germany, and Afghanistan.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)