Abstract: Copy of Mss Eur F112/570, ff 17-23.Volume comprising 7 folios numbered 24 to 30. Produced to accompany 'Memorandum respecting the Settlement of Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula' published by the Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office, 21 November 1918. Includes four map sheets numbered 1, 2, 2A and 3 together with explanatory notes relating to maps 2 and 3; the explanatory notes bear the imprint '[920-1 A]'.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in crayonDimensions: 340 x 205mm, with fold-out maps 290 x 452mm or smallerBinding: Thin light buff card, bound with two stitches; evidence of previous staples
Abstract: Volume comprising 7 folios numbered 17 to 23. Produced to accompany 'Memorandum respecting the Settlement of Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula' published by the Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office, 21 November 1918. Includes four map sheets numbered 1, 2, 2A and 3 together with explanatory notes relating to maps 2 and 3; the explanatory notes bear the imprint '[920-1 A]'.A second copy is at Mss Eur F112/570, ff 24-30.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colourDimensions: 340 x 205mm, with fold-out maps 290 x 452mm or smallerBinding: Thin light buff card, bound with two stitches; evidence of previous staplesFolio 23 (back cover) lacks lower right corner
Abstract: 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.Physical description: 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.
Abstract: This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud)] in the context of the First World War. The memorandum gives an overview of British and Turkish relations, including various treaties with Ibn Saud between 1913 and 1916, as well as 'Relation of Commitments to Bin Saud to British Disiderata', including 'Demarcation of Territories', 'Keeping of the Peace' and 'Dynastic Guarantee'. There is an appendix (folio 129) which includes the text of the treaty of 26 December 1915 signed by Ibn Saud and Sir Percy Zachariah Cox.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 122 and terminates at folio 129, 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.
Abstract: This is a printed memorandum by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office concerning British commitments during the First World War to autonomous or independent Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf, including the Sultan of Maskat [Muscat], the Trucial Chiefs of Oman (that is, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Dubai, Ra's al-Khaymah, Ajman, etc.), and the Sheikhs of Katar [Qatar], Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait] and Mohammerah [Muḥammarah / Khorramshahr]. The memorandum includes the following sections: 'Collective Assurances'; 'Assurances to the Sheikh of Mohammerah' [Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī]; 'Assurances to the Sheikh of Koweit' [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ, Jābir bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ from 1915 to 1917, and Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ from 1917 onwards]; 'Treaty with the Sheikh of Katar' [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī]; and 'Relation of Commitments (during the War) to the Gulf Chiefs to British Disiderata'. References are made in the text and footnotes to various treaties and correspondences. A section of appendices (folios 148v-149v) includes the text of a treaty with the Sheikh of Qatar, dated 3 November 1916; a translation of a letter addressed by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Sheikh Abdullah [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], dated 3 November 1916; and a proclamation by Sheikh Abdullah regarding the Arms Traffic, dated 6 Moharram [Muḥarram] 1335 [3 November 1916].Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 143 and terminates at folio 149, 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.
Abstract: This file consists of a single memorandum, produced by the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. The memorandum provides, in great detail, a British perspective on Turco-German relations between March and October 1918, regarding their respective interests in the recently dissolved Russian Empire in the Caucasus. It is divided into sections as follows:1. the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk;2. the negotiations at Trebizond [Trabzon];3. protests to Germany against Turkish atrocities;4. the negotiations at Batum [Batumi, Georgia];5. the Georgian mission to Berlin;6. the German press campaign against Turkish policy in the Caucasus;7. the Turkish treaties of Batum and German intervention in Georgia;8. the (abortive) conference at Constantinople [Istanbul];9. Turkish and German intrigues with the three nationalities (referred to in the memorandum as the Armenian Republic of Erivan [Yerevan], the Republic of Georgia, and the Tatar Republic of Azerbaijan);10. the frustration of Turkish policy by Germany.The memorandum opines that Turkey's [the Ottoman Empire's] aim of dominating Trans-Caucasia [Transcausasia] has been frustrated by German intervention; Germany's gains, according to the Foreign Office, are largely illusory, and come at the price of a feud with Turkey.An addendum to the memorandum quotes from a note from the Director of Military Intelligence [William Thwaites], dated 3 October 1918, which suggests that the Turks have latterly been gaining the upper hand in the Caucasus over the Germans.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 166, and terminates at f 171, 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.