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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎17v] (43/834)

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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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— 434 —
might be found, and a reconnaissance be worth undertaking.
There is good water at Ghadian and bad water at Ain Diffiya,
which appears fit for animals only. Along the whole route
travelled there was no grazing of any kind for animals, and it
was necessary to carry forage for the whole way.”
(c) Deserter s Information.
“Mulazim Subhi, of the M.G. Corps at Hish, who, after writing
to Sherif Feisal, deserted to Akaba on October 19, has stated the
Turkish strength at Ras el-Hadid (rail-head) and in the Forest,
at the date of his departure, to be two taburs of 146th Regiment
and one tabur of 161st Regiment, with two mountain guns and
four machine guns (two of these under orders for Maan). Xo
cavalry except the handful of gendarmes at Shobak. The infantry
taburs were much under strength, and all three together totalled
under 800 men (e.g. one company^ nominally 200 strong, was
in reality under fifty). Sami Bey is O.C. The force is picketted
about on high points overlooking the Forest, and the soldiers
have to help the woodcutters in order to keep up the supply.
There is no reserve of cut wood. Sami Bey had refused to
undertake an attack on Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Musa unless heavily reinforced,
pleading that, if he moved troops from Hish, the supply of wood
could not be maintained and the Arabs would rush his posts.
Jemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. came to Hish about October 10 , but no fresh troops
followed his visit. No reprisals were taken against the Shobak
Arabs after Abd el-Muin’s raid {see p. 429), the order to the
troops oeing to abstain from interference with the local popula
tion, whatever its known disloyalty. Subhi says that the first
British air-raid on Maan killed thirty-five and wounded fifty,
and each subsequent raid has added to the casualties. All loco
motives are run into sheds as soon as planes are sighted. (This
statement was to be tested on October 21 by one of our planes.)”
NOTES.
Abyssinia.
Further official news from Abyssinia brings our knowledge
of events there down to September 28, that is, one day beyond the
date of the expected revolution. So far nothing had happened
though plots and intrigues of all kinds were in progress It
appears more probable than before, that Lij Yasu is really dead •
k« news from the north was still being kepi secret, all messengers
arriving thence being confined to their houses and allowed
to communicate with no one. There is a further rumour that
I < ? 10 r S 1S las c ’ le<) £rom illness, colour to which is
Ult >y the fact that thirty men, coining from Has Kabada, who
it the rumour proved true, would take over the command were

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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)
Arrangement

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.

Physical characteristics

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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