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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎44r] (96/834)

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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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As regards Tripolitania, news from this region is very
scarce, and that which does reach us from Italian sources, is
generally so out of date as to be practically useless. . The necessity
for a British intelligence agent both in Tripoli and Cyrenaica is very
apparent and urgent at the present moment, and representations
to this affect have been made to the proper quarter.
From various reports of a not altogether reliable nature it
seems that a good deal of fighting has been going on in the
vicinity of Tripoli and Homs, during both October and early
November, but with what result is unknown. As has been
remarked above, the set-back to the Italians elsewhere has
undoubtedly been published broadcast throughout Tripolitania
and will be effectively exploited by Nuri in his appeals to the
tribes of the hinterland for recruits. Submarines still continue
to arrive frequently at Misurata with money and material, and
the W.T. station there, said to be staffed by German personnel,
is in direct communication with Constantinople. A telephone
line is now said to run from Misurata to Sert where Ramadan
Shitewi has his most eastern outpost manned by three to four
hundred armed Bedouins. Seyyid Ahmed is also somewhere in
this Sert district and is reported by Idris to have definitely
joined the Turkish party. In any case his influence is now a
negligible quantity, for almost a year has elapsed since his
ignominious defeat at Siwa, and he is still a homeless wanderer.
To sum up, the situation in the west can in no wise be
considered satisfactory whilst we are still without reliable means
of observing at first hand the activities of the Turkish party in
that country. In this direction, a concession has recently been
obtained from the Italian Government which has authorized
inter-communication between the Governor of Libya and the
Italian Military Attache in Egypt. It is to be expected that this
arrangement will considerably expedite our receipt of Italian
intelligence from Tripoli and will enable us to keep a more
efficient check upon the movements of Ramadan and Nuri.
With Idris adequately supported and equipped by the
Italians there is little to fear from any demonstration eastward
by that combine. In this connection, it is interesting to note
that the Italian Government has now sanctioned the supply of
1,000 rifles, four mountain guns with 150 shells, four machine '
guns, 220,000 rounds of ammunition, seventy-five swords and
200 pistols to Idris. The High Commissioner has been requested
by the Italian Government to sanction the supply from Egypt of
certain material asked for by Idris which is not available either
in Cyrenaica or Italy, including four motor lorries and two motor
Cars, 1,000 uniforms and a certain number of transport animals.
In any case the assistance sanctioned by the Italian
Government greatly improves Idris’ position vis a vis the Turkish
element in his territory and provides to some extent a strong
counter to the persuasive propaganda of this party.

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Content

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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