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184 Sharif’s proclamation, FO 882.
185 French view of Anglo-Arab negotiations. M. Paul Cambon
to Lord Grey of Fallodon, Nov. 27th, 1916, FO 882.
185 Lawrence. Sec Aldington, Lawrence of Arabia', Kcdouric,
England and the Middle East and In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth;
Stewart, The Middle East: the Temple of Janus.
185 War Committee. Proceedings July 6th, 1916, L/P&S/10/
598 document 2793, and CAB/42/16.
186 Sykes and India Office. L/P&S/10/586, minute to S. of S.,
3543/i6.
187 Sirdar, Simla, ibid.
187 Durbar in Kuwait, BL, CEB. FO 371/395, and L/P&S/10/
657. Basra, Arab Bulletin No. 38, Jan. 12th, 1917.
188 Relations with Bin Saud, L/P&S/10/576-586, 657, 658. See
Wilson, op. cit. and Philby, Arabian Days, p. 140 ct seq.
190 Letters, BL, CEB.

18 Iraq

191 War. See Official History.
191 Maude, BL. Also Wilson, Loyalties and Murphy, Soldiers of
the Prophet.
191 Personalities, BL, CEB. Also Monroe, Philby of Arabia.
192-3 Letters, BL, CEB.
193 Baghdad, BL, CEB. For roles of Mark Sykes, Austen
Chamberlain, Curzon, Hardinge and Milner in drafting
Baghdad proclamation, see Adelson, Mark Sykes: Portrait
of an Amateur, p. 223-4.
194 Arab Bulletin. Foreign Office Library and 10. Gertrude’s
major contributions collected in Cornwallis, The Arab War.
194 Treasury attitude and amounts of money involved, FO 882
and L/P&S/576 which show payments of £50,000 and
£150,000 per month. WO 33/969 (secret report from mili­
tary intelligence) says £250,000 a month.
i95 McMahon testimonials, FO 371.
196 Sayid Talib. Note from Shakespear to Hirtzel, June 26th,
1916, L/P&S/10/385: ‘The man is a strong, wilful, utterly
unsc rupulous character usually heavily in debt and therefore
importunate.’
196 Lawrence and Talib, FO 882. Also the Letters of TEL,
p. 265, Britain engaged in secret talks with Talib and al
Masri before Kitchener’s contact with Sharif, in pursuance
of policy of ‘division of Islam’.