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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [113v] (235/834)
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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— 78 —
Tl ie Administration of the present Tribunal is causing
general satisfaction.
The Abadiyeh Bedouin east of Bethlehem are reported as
both friendly and helpful to the military authorities.
RamaUah Area .—The Intelligence Officer for this area
reports the Moslem population of Bireh to be hostile, largely, it
would appear, owing to the fact that the Christians of Ramallah,
with whom they have an old feud, have espoused the British
cause.
The population of Durah (four miles north of Ramallah)
and Surdali near Durah has been evacuated to the south.
Economic and Industrial.
Jaffa Area .—The arrival of a ship-load of merchandise at
Jaffa has been welcomed and the rumour of the impending
opening of a Bank has caused great satisfaction. The Egyptian
note still fluctuates in the Jaffa area. Its average value is
P.T. 94. The Turkish note is worth P.T. 15.
The continued improvement in the economic situation is
shown by the following table of prices. The selling unit is the
rotl of six lbs.
Price on
Feb. 1(3.
Price on
Feb. 24.
Sugar
P.T. 50
P.T. 40
Rice
P.T. 22
P.T. 18
Lentils
P.T. 20
P.T. 17
Salt
P.T. 12
P.T. 10
Coffee
P.T. 65
P.T. 50
Wheat Clour ...
P.T. 18
P.T. 16
Maize
P.T. 9
P.T. 8
Decrease.
Approximate.
20 %
18%
15%
\r%
2Z%
12 %
12 %
Bethlehem Area .— Crop prospects are excellent. Trade is
improving and an increasing number of the inhabitants are being
employed upon the Mother of Pearl and Olive Wood industries.
1 he presence of a number of workshy refugees continues to
embarrass the authorities.
ARABIA.
North-West.
Intelligence.
havp^wfk ,' S < n rpi eiK ”hed by the Turks, but the archives
recoi vpT 11 lemove(- . Sherifian commanders at Tafila have
Ke, 'l d n 1 , ?P'; ese ^ atl y e S of a" tile tribes between
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Hasa,
dis rit a 1 7 I , & . e ?- , AU the habitants of the Kerak
Hntb e T h"': W , ltl ! tbe exce ption of Sheikh Rifaifan and
Sherifian and k lbn /elm ,lE the Beni Sakh,- is with the
’ le peasants round Madeba are sympathetic.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:34v, 36v:47v, 49v:53v, 56r:95v, 98r:132r, 133v:139v, 141r:149r, 150v:174v, 175v:184v, 186r:194v, 195v:196r, 197v, 199v:216v, 219r:233v, 234v:237v, 241r:245v, 248v:252v, 255v:258v, 260r:264v, 266r:275v, 279r:286v, 287v:313r, 316r:349v, 351r:352r, 354r, 355r:358r, 361r, 363r:365r, 366v:367v, 368v:369v, 370v:397v, 400r:412v, back-i
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