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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [139r] (286/834)
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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\ 1
— 121
Southern Area.
On the evening of March 29 an Arab demolition party under
Aziz Effendi successfully raided the railway between Meshed and
Sell Matara, destroying 450 rails, a bridge and a number of
telegraph poles.
The Moahib (see Bulletin 4o, p. 97) have attacked Ibn
liashid at Medain Salah ; they killed four of his men and captured
eighteen camels.
Exceptionally heavy rains have again fallen, and are expected
to cause serious damage to the line. The flooded area extends
from Medina to Zumurrud, and Major Davenport himself was
prevented from crossing the Wady Hamdh.
The King is sending 300 trained infantry from Mecca under
Yuzbashi Mahmud el-Kaisuni, acting Minister for War, to
reinforce Sherif Ali.
An improvement in the tribal situation is evident, and a
large number of Arabs who were lately neutral or pro-Turk have
arrived in Sherif Abdullah’s camp. Sheikhs Shehab and Sultan
of the Fuqara, with 500 to 600 followers, and 3,000 Sherarat
with 1,500 riding camels came in at the end of March. Their
appearance made the local Juheinah realize that they were not
indispensable, and incited them to fresh activity through fear of
losing their subsidies.
The attack on a Turkish post near Abu Naam, reported on
page 110, was carried out by Emir Dhahri ibn liashid, and that
on patrols between Jedahah and Wagir (p. 110) by Sherif
Abdullah ibn Thawab.
NOTES.
Expedition to Goz Belair.
The force which the King despatched southwards from
Mecca (see p. 96) has been followed by another force of 350
Hudheil under their leading Sheikh, Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, with one old
mountain gun and two machine guns. The destination of these
troops is Goz Belair, a village about eighteen miles due east of
Kunfudah, which is occupied by a Turkish detachment. King
Husein has been reticent about the object of this expedition. It
is too small to engage any of the more important Turkish posts
in A sir, or to make its way south to districts where its presence
would cause friction with Idrisi, and it is presumed that it is
intended to reassert the King’s jurisdiction amongst the coastal
tribes south of Lith and to attack the post at Goz belair it
circumstances are favourable.
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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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