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IOR/L/PS/18/B292
- Record Id:
- 040-000563428
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002b6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023608751.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/B292
- Title:
- Memorandum on British Commitments to King Husein
- Scope & Content:
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This is a printed memorandum outlining British commitments made to King Husein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] compiled by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The memorandum is split into seven sections as follows: 'General Guarantees against the Restoration of the status quo'; 'Guarantees regarding the Moslem [Muslim] Holy Places'; 'Boundaries of Arab Independence'; 'Foreign Administration of Irak [Iraq], Syria and Palestine'; 'Relation of Sherif Husein to Great Britain'; 'Sheif Husein's Title'; and 'The Caliphate'. References to various sources, including Foreign Office correspondence, the Meccan El Qibla [al-Qiblah] newspaper and La Verité sur la question syrienne (Fourth Turkish Army Command: Stamboul, 1916), are made in the text and in footnotes.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563103
040-000563428 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/B : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section B
IOR/L/PS/18/B292 : Memorandum on British Commitments to King Husein - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0002]/037-000563103[0315]/040-000563428
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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10 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x0002b6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 102 and terminates at folio 111, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folios 11-158; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- B292
Special 3 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)