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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎102v] (213/834)

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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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heartened the Emirs have succeeded in maintaining their irregulai
forces 'at about the original pitch, notwithstanding tlie nomad s
atute distaste for sustained action and winter campaigning The
grievance however, that some of the tribesmen m the field, and
more a who are behind the front, nurse about their pay and
subsidies is growing with time Large as is our allowance to
Kinir Husein, and liberally as he appropriates it to his sons
armies, it cannot pay for both the fighting forces and those who
are not needed to fight. The King’s policy is to pay only those
Bedouins actually fighting, or necessary to the army because it
operates in their territory, or likely to be needed for future
fighting He, therefore, incurs the reputation of neglecting former
helpers and friends, such as the Harb, who were so necessary to
him a year or more ago when the scene of operations lay on the
Medina-Rabegli roads. Some clans of this tribe have already
retaliated for his neglect by stopping and looting the Southern army s
supplies, and as Emir Abdullah, who dislikes the Harb, and lavours
their Ateibah enemies, is not likely to call out the former tribesmen
again for service, we shall probably hear more of their besetting
the Medina roads and inciting others to help embarrass King
Husein at home.
The enemy’s long L. of C. is still not cut definitely, though,
as stated above, it has almost ceased to be of practical service to
the Turks, at any rate south of el-Ala. Nowhere as yet,
however, have the Arabs held on for more than three days, at
the outside, to any station or other point captured on the line,
nor have they wrecked any of the larger bridges. YV hen at last
a definite cut is made, it is more likely to be north of Maan than
south. Immediately ahead of what may be regarded as the
Arabs’ main offensive front, the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-Hasa line, the position
is, that the rural Kerak Arabs, both Moslem and Christian, have
openly come over to the Sherifial side, and are ready to co
operate at once in a further move of Feisal’s army northward.
But the Mujaliyah, who are dominant in the town of Kerak
itself, still sit on the fence, while Emir Zeid, who is in command
of Feisal’s advance force, hesitates to advance, deterred partly
by the continued cold, partly by nervousness about operating in
a new country under conditions unlike those of Arabia proper,
but most of all by the natural inertia and weakness of purpose
which he shares with some of his brothers. Hence the delay
which has succeeded the successes at Tafila and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-Hasa.
It is especially to be regretted, because a strong force of the
Beni Sakhr is willing and ready to operate in the Arab cause
n° r th of Kerak again, and Bedouin forces should be used, when
ready, without more procrastination that} can be avoided.

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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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