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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [146r] (300/834)
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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shortage of meat, milk and butter in Hebron itself, as the feliahin
are demanding exhorbitant prices, and it is expected that some
kind of food control will have to be established.
Customs dues are now being collected at Khan Yunis on
goods entering occupied enemy territory from Egypt. In spite
of the fact that the Customs staff has not yet been appointed, and
that the dues are collected by the Egyptian officer stationed there
with no Staff to assist him, over L.E.1,000 has been collected up
to date.
ARABIA.
North-West.
Intelligence.
Northern Operations.
After several weeks of methodical preparation, Sheiif leisal s
army, on about April 10, began to advance against Mann and
the railway to north and south. ,, u ,
The northern column, under Shenf Zeid and daatar rastia,
after destroying 200 rails south of Kalaat el-Ane.zah, attacked
the line on April 13 a mile north of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Abu dersam about
half-way between Maan and Aneizah. It occupied Jerdun station,
took 200 prisoners and three machine guns, and destroyed m all
^^Thlfcentral column attacked the Maan defences on the 13th
and stormed the Semnah position, 5,000 yards sout 0 16
town after three hours' fighting- Twenty prisoners and a
machine gun were captured, and the remainder ot the enemy
retired of Maan. sLrif Feisal telegraphs that -me of t e
fortifications south of the station, with a machine gun and hit)
prisoners, v 7 ere taken on April 16. _ i Sherif
1 The southern column, under Nun Bey baid and a biiei
Fahad attacked and occupied Ghadir el-Ha] station on the night
of the 11th capturing two officers and twenty-five other ranks.
On the following day 1,000 rails and three culverts were
destroyed and the garrison of a small 1 urkish post captmed.
At the same time minor attacks were made north ot
Mudawara by Beni Atiyah and north of Kalaat el-Hasa by Beni
^ The losses of the Arabs amounted to 250 on April 17, and
Mnwlnd Effendi has been severely wounded.
Deserters and prisoners state that there is growing discon
tent in the Maan garrison, and that Arab troops there are anxious
to ofn the Sherilan arm’y. Transport animals are dying from
want of fodder, and disea.se is increasing. railway
After carrying out the ^^“^thtew i the west
bafk fi the Jordan, leaving a strong bridgehead protecting the
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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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