War by Revolution. Germany and Great Britain in the Middle East in the Era of World War I

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IOO.FO toDuff,3Jan.1916;andFO toMcMahon,3Jan. 1916,PRO/FO371/2357/
19 6626.
IOI.McMahonto FO, 20 May1916,PRO/FO371/2672/96750.
I02.RombergtoBethmannHollweg,14 Dec.1915,NARA/T-149/402/0673;and
RombergtoBethmannHollweg,13Dec.1915,NARA/T-137/137/0023-2S,whichcon-
tainsJacoby'sreportsassertingtheex-khedive'sloyaltyto theCentralPowers.
I03.RombergtoBethmannHollweg,14 Dec. 1914,NARA/T-1491398/0414-S,con-
rainingjacoby'sreportinEnglishonMaugham;andAndrew,148-50.

6.THEGERMANTHREATONTHEPERIPHERY
I.See, forexample,thereportfromSalonicaoftheWO official SirMarkSykes
(amajorfigure inBritain'sMiddleEasternpolicywhohadstartedafact-findingtour
forKitcheneroftheMiddleEastandIndia),"IntelligenceSummary,"4July1915,PRO/
WO157/693.Also, seeRodd(Britishambassadorin Rome) to FO, 29 May1915,PROf
FO 371/2489/68849;andAdelson,180-82.
2.Nadolnyto warministry,7Jan.1915;MansurAhmad(Indiancommitteemem-
ber) to AA,IJan.1915;andOppenheim,memo,9 Jan.1915,NARA/T-149/397/0SS0,
°542, 0563respectively.
3.WilhelmSalomonto AA,njune1915,NARA/T-1491398/0I60;Fraser,258;and
Wesendonk,merno.xFeb.1915,NARA/T-1491397/0614.
4.Wesendonk,"G.A.,"27 Feb.1915,NARA/T-1491397/0760.
5.Dignan,64, 66;GermanlegationStockholmto AA, 9 Jan.1915;Germanem-
bassyRometo AA,18Jan.1915;AA toStockholmlegation,4 Feb.1915,NARA/T-149/
397/0562,0590,0662;andBurkeandQuraishi,157.


  1. ApointemphasizedmostrecentlyandeffectivelybyGerhard1.Weinberg,A
    WorldatArms:AGlobalHistoryofWorldWar II,12.FortheIndiancontributionto
    thewareffortandthereport,seeBurkeandQuraishi,149-50;James,RiseandFallof
    theBritishEmpire,367;andRushbrookWilliams,481-82.

  2. AgoodanalysisofsuchproblemsintheUnitedStatesisDoerries,Imperial
    Challenge,153-55.

  3. Still,nowherenearallPunjabiswererevolutionaries.Altogether,thePunjab
    recruitedduringthewarnearlyahalf-milliontroopsfortheIndianarmy.Among
    them,theMuslimsandSikhswerepreeminent,theformerwith136,000,thelatter
    with88,000. SeeRushbrookWilliams,481,485;ArnoldFletcher,Afghanistan:High-
    wayofConquest,180;andGilbert,FirstWorldWar,130-31.
    9.MilitaryIntelligence[hereafterMIl,"MemorandumonGermanLiteraryPro-
    pagandaasRegardsIndiaandtheOrient,"June1916,IOLR/L/P&S/n/88;Govern-
    mentofIndiato T. W.Holderness(undersecretaryofstateforIndia),13May1915,
    PRO/FO371/2493/91242;andGovernmentofIndiatoHolderness, 22 July1915,PROf
    FO371/2572/166568.
    IO.OnPapen,see above, 79.
    II.Wesendonk,"G.A.,"18Jan.1915;andOppenheim,memo("Betr.Waffenfrage."),
    9 Jan.1915,NARA/T-1491397/0S63, 05 88-89,°563.
    12.Bernstorff(viaStockholmlegation)to AA, 3 Feb.1915;andZimmermannto
    Stockholmlegation,8 Feb.1915,NARA/T-1491397/06S8, 0688.
    13.AA toConstantinople, 9 June1915,NARA/T-1491398/oI46; a 1918 mernoran-

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