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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎146v] (301/834)

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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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— 134 —
Ghoraniyah crossing. On April 11 the enemy attacked the
bridgehead and was repulsed with great loss ; many fresh graves
were seen and 367 dead were counted in front of our defences,
while two officers and eighty-one men were captured.
Sherif Feisal reports that on March 25- Arabs coming from
Azrak, under Sherif Ali ibn Husein, attacked the railway near
Deraa and destroyed a train, all the passengers being killed.
late news).
Southern Operations.
Seven hundred charges have been exploded by a demolition
party under Sherif Sharaf on the line between Meshed and Seil
Matara. Some damage was done to the permanent way and
several trucks were destroyed.
On April 8 the Egyptian Army detachment under Major
Davenport, supported by Bedouins under Abdullah ibn Thawab,
destroyed five kilometres of railway and telegraph line and three
large culverts between Zumurrud and Seil Matara. On our side
there were no casualties, but the Turks are known to have lost at
least nine killed and one prisoner. Sherif Abdullah reports that
on the same day the Arabs destroyed over 100 rails between
Jedahah and Wagir.
Sherif Ali reports the destruction by his troops of a bridge
(or culvert) between Medina and Muheit.
General.
Prisoners state that many of the rails used for repairing the
line came from the Aneizah—Hishe railway, eighteen kilometres
of which are said to have been taken up by the Turks before
their retreat from Shobek.
Refugees from Kerak report that the Beni Hassan, who
weie lecently encamped at Kalaat ez-Zerka, are anxious to
assist the British in any way they can.
[ Late ^ News. As a result of operations against the outer
< efences of Maan on April 15, 16, and 17, two machine guns
and seventy prisoners were captured. On the 17th the main
position covering the railway station was assaulted and the
station itself temporarily occupied. The enemy’s trenches are
provi e wit i machine gun emplacements and are very strong.
,, ie Arabs ai’e entrenching, pending arrival of ammunition, in
the oemnah position, which commands the railway and town.]
NOTES.
Idnsis Campaign.
At the beginning of April the Turks attacked Idr
at Mur, east ot Jebel Kudmiah, and killed or wounuet
thirty-five Arabs including three of their best sheikhs
isi s troops
wounded over
The

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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.

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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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