File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [331v] (671/834)
The record is made up of 1 volume (411 folios). It was created in 1917-1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Turkish subjects. I he K.iiti, on the other hand, had consistently
supported the British cause, and this support was founded on
cordial agreement and treaties.
During the war, Said Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
ou more than one occasion
vainly attempted to overawe the Kaiti Sultan into sending troops
and providing supplies for the Turkish forces investing Lahej.
Turkish envoys also reached the Kathiri in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hadhramaut,
and it is a matter of some certainty that help of various kinds did
reach the Turks from Kathiri sources. In these circumstances,
and* bearing in mind the truculent attitude assumed- by the
Kathiri, the Kaiti Sultan—Sir Ghalib ibn Awad ibn Omer,
K.C.I.E.—sought for and obtained material aid in guns, rifles,
and specie from His Majesty’s Government. Im a fight Outside
the walls of Shibam the Kaiti proved victorious, and this defeat,
coupled with the action of the British Government in withholding
the usual money remittances sent by Kathiri emigrants in the
Straits Settlements and Dutch East Indies to Saiwun, Qifl, Teris
and Terim, induced the Kathiri leaders to make a change of policy,
which, though no doubt merely skin deep, was none the less
indicative of a possibility of better things.
In these circumstances the two Kathiri Sultans—Mansur
and Muhsin—ultimately signed a treaty, the main tenor of
which was to the effect that the Kathiri, while preserving their
independence, acknowledged the British as paramount protective
power ; agreed to communicate with Aden only through the Kaiti
Sultan ; deprecated further hostilities; and admitted the Kaiti’s
claim to Mokalla, Shehr, the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Do c an line, and Shibam. The
Kaiti Sultan, on his side, agreed not to tax Kathiri imports and
exports more heavily than similar Kaiti commodities, denied any
intention of further aggression, and aspired to a prosperous
Hadhramaut with British beneficent arbitration should cases for
such arise (c/. pp. 233, 272, 341 of volume 1918).
Thus the local surface appeared unruffled. But troubles
were arising and continuing in the external matters of emigration
and remittances.
It was rightly felt that in view of the past' actions and of
the known character of Kathiri policy, any immediate relaxation
of the embargo on remittances might prove disastrous to the
continuance of peace unless and until the Kathiri Sultans or
their deputies should have accompanied the Kaiti Sultan to Aden,
where both sides could discuss the whole question, past, present,
and future, with our
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
.
In the matter of emigrants, the difficulties were greater.
I o compress the point to the narrowest limits, it may be said
that in Java, where the Arab (i.e. the Kathiri) element exercises
a profound influence over the teeming millions of Moslem
population, His Majesty’s Government, for various reasons, had
desired to win over Moslem sentiment to the British side, not as
against Dutch rule, but as opposed to the Germano-Turkish-
Arab actixities which assumed so large an importance during the
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The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo numbers 66-114. These publications contain wartime, and post-war intelligence obtained by British sources. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘Arab movement’; the bulletins cover a wide range of topics and key personalities.
The volume contains the following maps:
- A map of Central Arabia showing St John Philby's route from Uqair to Jidda 17 November to 31 December 1917: folio 103.
- Sketch map prepared from RNAS photographs and reconnaissance by HMS City of Oxford of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mur February to March 1918 : folio 170.
- Sketch map of Hejaz (1919): folio 317.
- Tribal sketch map of the Hadhramaut ‘showing only tribes of fighting value’: folios 333v.
Towards the back of the volume is a small amount of correspondence respecting the distribution of Notes on the Middle East ; the Arab Bulletin was superseded by this publication. Copies of numbers 3-4 of this publication can also be found at the back of the volume.
Tables of content can be found at the front of each issue. A small amount of content is in French.
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- 1 volume (411 folios)
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The Arab Bulletins are arranged in numerical order from the front to the back of the file. The Notes on the Middle East follow on from the bulletins at the back of the file in reverse numerical order.
The subject 759 (Arab Bulletins) consists of two volumes. IOR/L/PS/10/657-658.
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Condition: the edges of some of the folios towards the back of the volume have suffered damage to their edges due to general wear and tear. The affected folios are 389-390, 407-409, and 412.
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 413; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The front cover and the leading flyleaf have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 357-363 and ff 374-412 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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