Abstract: Papers concerning the impact of war between Britain and Turkey upon shipping, food supplies and travellers on Hajj pilgrimage, along the Red Sea coast of Arabia (including the Hedjaz [Hejaz] and Yemen), and the wider Arab region. Subjects covered include:Reports of food shortages in the Hedjaz region (including at Jeddah and Mecca), prompted by the Government of India’s prohibition of exports to the region from India in March 1914, the subsequent reinstatement of exports (announced in a communiqué from the Viceroy in May 1915, folios 90-91), and reports of the seizure of foodstuffs by the Turkish authorities at Mecca and Jeddah (ff 44-48).Arrangements for the shipment of foodstuffs to the Hedjaz from Egypt.Italian shipping in the Red Sea, including reports of Italian ships stopping at Turkish-controlled ports, and articles banned from being shipped by Italian vessels (ff 167-168).A reported incident in February 1915, in which Turkish military authorities requisitioned 30,000 sacks of barley from an Italian vessel, reported as being intended for Egyptian pilgrims (ff 153-162).The role of the Italian authorities in the Hedjaz in the distribution of supplies, and the implications on this role of Italy’s entry into the war (ff 85-89).Famine in Yemen, reported by British officials as being the result of locust outbreaks in the region, and shipping restrictions from India (ff 122-124).Discussion of whether British subjects from India should be prohibited, or only discouraged from, travelling to Arabia on pilgrimage in 1915 (ff 69-77).The High Commissioner in Egypt, Arthur Henry McMahon’s 1915 proclamation ‘to the people of Arabia’ (English text, folio 64), including responses to the proclamation, and discussion of its implications, amongst Foreign and India Office staff (ff 54-64).Copies of correspondence from McMahon, dated March to June 1916, regarding his negotiations with Shereef [Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi] (ff 18-32).In May 1916, a further blockade on foodstuffs to Jeddah (ff 5-17).The volume’s principal correspondents include: the British High Commissioner in Egypt (Arthur Henry McMahon); the India Office (Arthur Hirtzel, Thomas William Holderness); the British Political Resident at Aden (Charles Henry Uvedale Price); the Viceroy and Governor-General of India (Charles Hardinge).The file contains a single item of correspondence in French, a copy of a letter from the Banque Imperiale Ottomane at Djeddah [Jeddah], dated 27 November 1914 (ff 180-183).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 228; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the discussions (Petrograd negotiations) between Britain, France and Russia over the creation of an Arab Kingdom and associated zones of British, French and Russian influence in the event of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire.The volume includes (ff 51-59) a 'Note on the Anglo-French-Russian Agreement About The Near East' as well as three maps (folios 65, 122 and 205) accompanying correspondence about the extent of an Arab kingdom and associated spheres of influence.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the French Ambassador to Britain (Pierre Paul Cambon), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, (Sergei Dmitrievich Sazonoff); the French Ambassador to Russia, (Maurice Paleologue); ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī; and Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 216; 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.
Abstract: This file contains papers that pertain to various military and intelligence fields of operation during 1916, specifically relating to the First World War in the region of Hejaz and the broader Arabian peninsula. The bulk of the file is comprised of reports on various military, intelligence, and propaganda issues variously called 'the Arab report' or 'Arabian Report'. The file also contains reports on the massacre and forced migration of Armenians during the War, as well as intelligence gathering efforts by British officials on Indian Muslim political mobilisation in support of an independent Arab Kingdom in the Hejaz or the Ottoman Empire, often described as 'Pan-Islamist' in the file.Most of the correspondence relating to Pan-Islamist political mobilisation is conducted through the transmission and translation of newspaper articles in Iraqi, Egyptian, Indian, Syrian, and other Arab publications.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 473; 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, nor does it include the ending flyleaves.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, and other papers relating to British policy in the Arabian Peninsula. The papers deal with relations between the countries and territories in the region, including Nejd [Najd], the Hejaz, Transjordan [Jordan], Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, and the Idrisi state. Matters covered include border delineation, conferences, treaties and agreements, and inter-tribal conflict usually involving the Ikhwan.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.The correspondence is mostly interdepartmental in nature and comes from officials at the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, India Office, and War Office. Further correspondence, usually included as enclosures, comes from British political and diplomatic offices in the region, some of the Arab leaders, and representatives of the United States and other European Governments.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 318; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.