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Correspondence, etc., on situation in Palestine, April to July 1918

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    Title The Collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the Partition of the Middle East, 1879-1919
    Rights Images © 2009 published by Microform Academic Publishers with permission of Sir Tatton Sykes & Hull University Archives
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    This collection is drawn from the personal papers of Mark Sykes (1879-1919), a politician and diplomatic advisor famous for his role in the partition of the Middle East around the period of the First World War. He is best known for his role in the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, which was a secret treaty between European powers that divided up the Ottoman Empire in the face of its impending collapse.

    In addition to material related to the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the papers focus on Sykes’ experience in military intelligence and diplomacy in the Middle East, both before and during the First World War. This includes touching on such historic events like the Armenian genocide as well as international debates around Zionism and the creation of a Jewish homeland. As an avid explorer, of a more personal nature are his notebooks, which offer an insight into the experience of an aristocratic traveler in the Middle East during the early 20th century.
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    Contributor Hull University Archives
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    Publisher Microform Academic Publishers
    Coverage 1879-1919
    Created On 23rd April, 2009 - 2:27pm
    Last Updated 9th May, 2024 - 12:31pm
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    Title Papers regarding the Sykes-Picot Agreement, the Zionist movement, and British policy in Islamic countries, 1914-1918
    Rights Images © 2009 published by Microform Academic Publishers with permission of Sir Tatton Sykes & Hull University Archives
    Description Two versions of an undated but contemporary list of the first 112 items in this series can be found in DDSY(2)/11/113.
    ISBN DDSY2-11
    Contributor Hull University Archives
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    Publisher Microform Academic Publishers
    Coverage 1914-1918
    Created On 23rd April, 2009 - 2:33pm
    Last Updated 23rd April, 2009 - 2:33pm
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    Title Correspondence, etc., on situation in Palestine, April to July 1918
    Rights Images © 2009 published by Microform Academic Publishers with permission of Sir Tatton Sykes & Hull University Archives
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    Description DDSY(2)/11/96: Copy. Letter from W. Ormsby-Gore, Tel Aviv to Sykes about situation in Palestine; Major General Money; Clayton; Storrs; Arabs; Christians and Jews; Egyptian Nationalists; Zionists 'the one sound, firmly pro-British, constructive element'; Picot 'not exactly loved here'; need for a clean cut between Palestine and Egypt, 9 April 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/97: Ms. and ts. copy letter from W. ('Billy') Ormsby-Gore, Jaffa, about Jewish regiment; French pushing trade; Jews loyally pro-British, 'they want deeds and acts to show that the Balfour declaration is not just a scrap of paper'; Clayton without instructions from home about the university; efforts of Arabs to have Arabic as only official language; enclosing copy of the Cairo Zionist newspaper to show to Sokolov and article by Jabotinsky; Weizmann doing well, 16 April 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/98: Letter from G.F. Clayton to Sykes, enclosing and commenting on Ormsby-Gore's letter of 16 April 1918; political ideas of Feisal; much pleased at result of Weizmann's conference with leaders of Arab opinion in Egypt; Commander-in-Chief taken exception to Sykes writing direct to Ormsby-Gore (referring to DDSY(2)/11/97), 18 April 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/99: Draft and ts. copy of letter from Sykes to 'Billy' [Ormsby-Gore] about making no headway with United States representatives on the Commission; Frankfurter 'not quite the tower of strength'; Irish affairs ('Shortt... a wonderful level headed trump'); Sokolow very helpful; importance of leaving a competent person in Palestine or friction and trouble the result; the Jaffa affair (language question) 'pure bad management', 24 May 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/100: Palestine : the organ of the British Palestine Committee, vol. III, no. 20, 22 June 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/101: Letter from Ronald Storrs, Jerusalem, to Sykes with detailed comment on the situation in Jerusalem (French, Italians, Greeks, Arabs, Jews, Zionists), 17 July 1918.
    ISBN DDSY2-11-096
    Contributor Hull University Archives
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    Identifier https://britishonlinearchives.com/documents/564/correspondence-etc-on-situation-in-palestine-april-to-july-1918
    Source Papers regarding the Sykes-Picot Agreement, etc.
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    Language eng
    Publisher Microform Academic Publishers
    Coverage 1918-1918
    Created On 23rd April, 2009 - 2:35pm
    Last Updated 7th May, 2024 - 4:20pm
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    Title img 1: DDSY(2)/11/96
    Rights Images © 2009 published by Microform Academic Publishers with permission of Sir Tatton Sykes & Hull University Archives
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    Description DDSY(2)/11/96: Copy. Letter from W. Ormsby-Gore, Tel Aviv to Sykes about situation in Palestine; Major General Money; Clayton; Storrs; Arabs; Christians and Jews; Egyptian Nationalists; Zionists 'the one sound, firmly pro-British, constructive element'; Picot 'not exactly loved here'; need for a clean cut between Palestine and Egypt, 9 April 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/97: Ms. and ts. copy letter from W. ('Billy') Ormsby-Gore, Jaffa, about Jewish regiment; French pushing trade; Jews loyally pro-British, 'they want deeds and acts to show that the Balfour declaration is not just a scrap of paper'; Clayton without instructions from home about the university; efforts of Arabs to have Arabic as only official language; enclosing copy of the Cairo Zionist newspaper to show to Sokolov and article by Jabotinsky; Weizmann doing well, 16 April 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/98: Letter from G.F. Clayton to Sykes, enclosing and commenting on Ormsby-Gore's letter of 16 April 1918; political ideas of Feisal; much pleased at result of Weizmann's conference with leaders of Arab opinion in Egypt; Commander-in-Chief taken exception to Sykes writing direct to Ormsby-Gore (referring to DDSY(2)/11/97), 18 April 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/99: Draft and ts. copy of letter from Sykes to 'Billy' [Ormsby-Gore] about making no headway with United States representatives on the Commission; Frankfurter 'not quite the tower of strength'; Irish affairs ('Shortt... a wonderful level headed trump'); Sokolow very helpful; importance of leaving a competent person in Palestine or friction and trouble the result; the Jaffa affair (language question) 'pure bad management', 24 May 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/100: Palestine : the organ of the British Palestine Committee, vol. III, no. 20, 22 June 1918.-- DDSY(2)/11/101: Letter from Ronald Storrs, Jerusalem, to Sykes with detailed comment on the situation in Jerusalem (French, Italians, Greeks, Arabs, Jews, Zionists), 17 July 1918.
    text 93 2 107 Just 7 line to let you know that I think things are going well as far as the Commission is concerned. I feel a little uneasy as to Clayton's position now that so senior a general as Money has come out and taken over the whole administration from Clayton. It is difficult to see quite how Clayton who is only A Brigadier can guide the policy of a senior Major-General like Money and I should have thought that the C.P.O should have been the Major-General and the Chief Military Administrator Storrs is doing very well indeed - but though they are all excellent men the other Governors are all Sudan or Gippy Army men whose experience in the Sudan does not make for a ready realization of the very wide questions of world policy which affect Palestine. One can't help noticing the ineradicable tendency of the Englishman who has lived in India or the Sudan to favour quite unconcious ly the Moslem both against Christian and Jew. Still thanks to Clayton for whom my admiration is continuously increased I think things are proceeding on sound lines. The Arabs are being very tiresome about Hebrew and are trying to get Arabic acknowledged as the only official language of the country. The Jaffa municipality which is Copy. Confidential and Personal HULL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY by/ TEL AVIV Jaffa 9. 4. 18. Dear Mark:- the Brigadier.
    ISBN DDSY2-11-096
    Contributor Hull University Archives
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    Identifier https://britishonlinearchives.com/documents/564/correspondence-etc-on-situation-in-palestine-april-to-july-1918
    Source Papers regarding the Sykes-Picot Agreement, etc.
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    Language eng
    Publisher Microform Academic Publishers
    Coverage 1918-1918
    Created On 23rd April, 2009 - 2:35pm
    Last Updated 7th May, 2024 - 4:20pm
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