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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [133v] (275/834)
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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-112
Mohammed are still with him, the Turks beino’ in possession oi
their property, which is round Medina. I he enemy is believed
to have offered some of the tribes larger subsidies than those
given by the Sherifs, and certain of them are suspected of taking
money from both sides.
Many of the civilians who were driven out of Medina were
given the option of going to Syria or working as woodcutters
along the line. One of those who chose the latter alternative
recently deserted to the Arabs and was interrogated at Wejh.
He states that he worked at Bediya (Bedai), el-Ula, and between
Zumurrud and Bir Jedid. These sources of supply seem to have
been exhausted some months ago, but a more recent one was
between Meshed and Sell Matara, six kilometres west of the
railway. The branch line which ran to this woodcutting area is
now being taken up.
At el-Ula there are at present rather over a thousand
civilians, who are living principally on dates.
[ Late News .—Kerak has been occupied by a detachment of
Sherif Feisal’s army under Sherif Abdullah ibn Hamza.
The weather in the Maan area was still intensly cold during
March, and made successful operations against the railway
impossible. A raid which was attempted from Abu Lesal
resulted in the death from exposure of eight men and all the
transport camels. A heavy fall of snow took place towards the
end of the month.]
NOTES.
Jebel I marie.
Mr. Philby writes : —
“ On page 105 of the Arab Bureau edition of Guarmani’s
‘Northern iNiejd’ it is stated with reference to Guarmani’s
mention of the ‘Jebel Imarie : that ‘we have no proof of the
existence of any such land feature as shown on the maps of
1850 and thereabouts.’ I notice however that the 1917 edition
of Hunter’s map (48 miles-1 inch) published by the Survey of
India retains a tentative ‘Jebel Amariyah or Aridh ’ in the
region of longitude 44°-45 0 and latitude 23°, running presumably
W.S.W. by E.N.E.
I certainly heard Amariyah frequently used as an alternative
name for the Ardh range or at any rate for the ridge of el-Jidd
which constitutes its backbone and through which the 11 ajj route
passes close under the hill of Amar, so called from the fact that
a well of that name is situated in a Shaib running down its
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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.
- 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.
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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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