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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎173r] (354/834)

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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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gave great offence to the Emir. He was left, however, no
choice but to comply with mn order, that he should take two
hundred selected camel-men under his leadership and move
southward towards Hadiyah in company with a Turkish force
of double that strength, commanded by Fakhri himself. It was
this column which surprised Abdullah Mudhaifi and his Bedouins
on February 18 (see p. 68), and caused momentary panic in
Sherif Abdullah’s camp, and momentary question in our minds
whether, after all, Ibn Rashid might not still have to be reckoned
with as a serious factor on the enemy side. Further knowledge,
however, of the circumstances under which he had . taken the
field soon dispelled any fear, and prepared us for what followed.
After a short stay in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Um Hashim, he and his camel men
went back to Medain Salih, where, during his absence, the cam])
had been attacked by the Anazeh, without much effect ; and
shortly afterwards a' number of letters from him, captured by
the Sheridans, showed that he was exceedingl\ unlikely to be of
any more use to the Turks (see p. 93). In these he expressed
deep distrust of his allies and masters, and practical certainty
that his Agent was being detained in the north without prospect
of securing any of his demands. So matters continued thioug i
March and April, the Emir’s sulky existence at el-Hejr being
relieved only by the necessity of resisting an occasional Anazeh
raid (see p. 110). According to the credible report of a Medmote
refugee, the Emir was contemplating departure lor Had all this
time About March 20, according to this informant, his waktl
wrote secretly to a supporter of the Emir m Medina, warning
him to -join up as soon as possible at Medain Salih, or fadm to
tilt, to go off direct to Hail ; and in April Sheikh Shukn of he
Fuqara received a letter from Ibn Rashid himself, stating tha
he had done with the Turks, but did not intend coming mto
Kiim Husein. This letter was passed to Sherif Abdullah, and
word was sent to the Anazeh to watch the Had roads.
The Emir had warned the Turks that, fading satisfaction ot
his requests through Rashid ibn Leilah, he should try to go back
to Had He offered his good offices there m the matter ot tian, -
mission of supplies, if he were himself fnrm^d -
two and other munitions for his journey. the Turk sh m htaiy
authorities were not unwilling to be rid of him and , ,
desired to send him off in as favourable a temper as might be,
but their promises continued unfulfilled till news arrived of
extensive demolitions effected on the railway and the attack on
Maan about the middle of April. We^^^bihty
of guns, and other supplies being sen C( )^ n if -mined t ] ie
o r\ l*’ Q irmo- time to come, seems to have deteimmeu me
F^mir to make an end of the matter ; and on April 30 he starter
off Lrth eastward^ in the direction of Teima, with a considerable
An * Hp seems to have left part of his mujahidin behind,
in consequence of some outbreak or mutui).

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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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