File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’

Content

The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. 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.

Tables of content can be found at the front of each issue. A small amount of content is in French.

Extent and format

1 volume (616 folios)

Arrangement

The bulletins are arranged in numerical order from the front to the back of the file. An exception being that No 1 is located after No 6. An index to Nos 1-35 can be found at the front: folios 4-15.

The subject 759 (Arab Bulletins) consists of two volumes. IOR/L/PS/10/657-658.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 618; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/657

Former external reference(s)

P 756/1917 Pt 1

History of this record

Date(s)

1916-1917 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

IntelligenceArab nationalismFirst World War (1914-1918)Geographical explorationTrade (practice)RebellionsPublic opinion

Places

French North AfricaHejazMeccaSyriaOttoman EmpireMesopotamiaAbyssiniaTurkey

People & organisations

Cairo Intelligence Department, Arab BureauEmir of Najd and HasaGrand Sharif of Mecca

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