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23.A figurethatwasnotentirelyincorrect;sincetheendof1916,theGermanshad
sent£T200,000permonthtotheTurksforsubsidiesforthesharifandotherArab
leadersinSyria,Arabia,andMesopotamia;see above,181,184. AlsonoteWilsonto
director,ArabBureau,29 Mar.1917,PRO/FO882/I2/KH/I7/9.
24.Wilsontodirector,ArabBureau,29 Mar.1917,PRO/FO882/I2/KH/17/9.Fur-
ther,noteJames,Golden Warrior,160, whoobservesthattheallowancewasraisedin
May to£200,000permonth.
25.Forexample,MesopotamianGHQintelligence,"DailySituationSummary, 24
Apr.1917,PRO/WO157/798;Hogarth,"Arabia.TheNextCaliphate.,"ArabBulletin,
49(30 Apr.1917):192;and"Hejaz,Intelligence,"Arab Bulletin,49(30 Apr.1917):193,PROf
FO 882/26.The 10 objectedto anydiscussionofthecaliphate,stillfearingthesensi-
tivityoftheissueamongIndianMuslimsandamongShiitesinMesopotamia;noteJ.
E.Schuckburgh(10),memo,II May1917,IOLR/L/P&S/II/II9.
26.Wilsonto ArabBureau,9 Apr.1917,PRO/FO882/I2/KH/17/II;and"Meso-
potamia.BaghdadandMoslemFeeling,"ArabBulletin,47(II Apr.1917):157-58,PROf
FO 882/26.
27.Fuadal-KharibtoWilson,20 Apr.1917,PRO/FO882/KH/17/13.
28.Busch,Britain, India,andthe Arabs,182.RegardingtheWar Cabinet,see
Kennedy,RealitiesBehindDiplomacy,176-78.
29.Adelson,229-33;Busch,Britain, India,andthe Arabs,183-84; Nevakivi, 60, 63-
64;andEldar, 342-43.
- See, forexample,Stewart,167-80;andJames,Golden Warrior,169-200.
31.NoteAdelson,233-36, 238-43;Gilbert,FirstWorldWar,373; Eldar,345-46;
Stevenson,chapter4;Dawn,"InfluenceofT.E.Lawrence,"78-79;andYapp, 291-92.
32.PaulJohnson,AHistoryofthe Jews,429-3I.
33.Accordingto Nevakivi, 59,Storrs,theOrientalsecretaryattheBritishResi-
dencyinCairo,estimatedthatBritishaid tothesharifamountedduringtheentire
revoltto £IImillion.Also seeAntonius,218-26;MacmunnandFalls,MilitaryOpera-
tionsEgypt&Palestine,239-41;James,Golden Warrior,188-24;andStewart,chap-
ters 16-17.
34.RombergtoBethmannHollweg, 2 Jan.1917;andBernlegationtoBethmann
Hollweg,29 Dec.1916,NARA/T-I49/403/0706and0689,respectively.
35.Asexamples,seeRombergto AA,17May1917;andWedel (officialattheVienna
embassy)toBethmannHollweg,24 Apr.1917,NARA/T-I37/138/0II5andOII3,respec-
tively.Note,moreover,BaronvonRichthofen(memberoftheGermanparliament)
to AbbasHilmi,16May1917,NARA/T-I37/137/0355.
36.Therelevantfiles forFebruary-November 1918 are inPRO/FO371/3200/36431,
133692,176350,and188576.Also, seeRumboldto FO, 14July1917,IOLR/L/P&S/IO/
4 67.
37.Bernlegationto Reichchancellor,19Sept. 1917 ("Inhalt:PrinzAbdoulMouneim"),
NARA/T-137/138/0200.
38.JohnDarwin,Britain,EgyptandtheMiddleEast:ImperialPolicy in the Af-
termathofWar,I9IS-I922,67.ForBritishapprehensionsaboutTurkey'suseofthe
ex-khediveintheArabquestion,noteRumboldtoBalfour,IOOct.1917,IOLR/L/
P&S/IO/467;andWingate(highcommissionerinCairo)to FO, 17Oct.1917,PROf
FO 371/3057/199502.Theex-khedivearrivedinConstantinopleon20 Ocr.1917;
Pomiankowski,301.
