Author
Government of France, Third Republic (correspondent) | Government of Italy (correspondent) | Admiralty (correspondent) | War Office (correspondent) | War Cabinet, Middle East Committee (correspondent; subject)
Publication Date
1916/1918
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Sykes-Picot agreement (1916) | more | less
Type
kitap
Language
eng,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
187
Physical Dimensions
1 file (187 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00028b_ar | 81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00028b_en | Mss Eur F112/277
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100000001491.0x00028b_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1916/1918
Notes
This file contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, manuscript notes, and other papers relating to the political and territorial settlement of parts of the Middle East following the First World War. Many of the papers were collected for the attention of the Middle East Committee (later named the Eastern Committee, following the mergence of the Foreign Office's Russia Committee and the interdepartmental Persia Committee) of the War Cabinet. Contributors include officials from the War Office, Foreign Office, Admiralty, and India Office, as well as indivduals such as Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence. Correspondence comes from representatives of the French and Italian governments as well as British officials in Cairo and other parts of the Middle East.The papers deal with plans for the region presuming and following an Allied victory in the First World War and take into consideration the imperial ambitions of the victorious European Powers (France, Italy, Russia, Britain, and the United States) and the multitudinous commitments made by the British to various groups. The plans are based on evolving agreements rooted in the Sykes-Picot, or Asia Minor, Agreement between the British and French of 1916. Regions under consideration include the Hejaz (sometimes written Hedjaz), Syria, Northern Iraq, Southern Iraq, Palestine, Armenia, Turkey, the Idrisi state, Yemen, Persia, and Afghanistan. Various matters are covered in the file, but particular focus is given to plans for the Sherifian family of the Hejaz, led by King Husein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], which impacted upon policy in Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and the Arabian Peninsula. Other matters include the situation between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, wartime commitments to ruling shaikhs in the Persian Gulf, the French position in the region, and desiderata of the Government of India for any peace settlement. | 1 file (187 folios) | The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back. | Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front first page with 1, and terminates at the inside back last page with 187; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. | more | less
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British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
