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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [85v] (179/834)
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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Anti-British Propaganda.
It is reported from Geneva that the ex-Khedive has received
2 , 000,000 francs for carrying on anti-British propaganda in
Egypt and Arabia. Many prominent Egyptians in Europe are
being summoned to Constantinople to assist in this movement.
The letter from Jemal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to King Husein [see Bulletin
No. 74 ) has become known in Sherif Abdullah’s camp, where it
has created considerable stir, and there are those among his
followers who will use it in the interests of Turkish propaganda.
It is reported from Mecca that there is a coterie there,
including several of the local notables, who are strong supporters
of the claims of Sherif AH Haidar, the Turkish nominee for the
Emirate.
Speech by Ahmed Jemal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Ahmed Jemal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
is reported to have made an anti-
German speech at Beirut early in December 1917. The Turks,
he said, had entered the war to rid themselves of interference by
Europeans, but the result had been that they had handed them
selves over to the Germans, a savage race, worse than the
British, between whom and the Turks there could be nothing
but mutual hatred. He himself was accused by them of being
the cause of the rupture between Turks and Arabs.
Aden.
AH Said Pasha’s force, at and near Lahej, was estimated on
December 8 at 1,790 men, with twenty-six guns and four
machine guns. This force includes about 200 Somalis, some of
whom are believed to have come across from Somaliland recently.
About fifty camel loads of gun ammunition are known to have
reached Lahej from the Yemen during December. In the
fighting on December 20 {see p. 7) the reported Turkish losses
were three officers and twelve men killed and about forty-five
wounded.
IdrisVs Campaign.
On the 17th instant, after a preliminary bombardment by
H.M.S. “Iox, Idrisi’s troops attacked Atan near Loheiyah.
The attack was at first unsuccessful, but Aden reports that it
was about to be renewed.
Correction.
On page 9 of our last issue, for “ pp. 519-520 of the 1917
Bulletin,” read “ pp. 1 - 2 .”
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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