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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [174r] (356/834)
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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— 177 —
u King of the Arabs ” ; for on no other ground, could he claim
to control the destinies of Hail.
Other elements of uncertainity in the question are the actual
dynastic position of the Rashids ; the present feeling of the
Shammar towards the Emir ; and the eyes with which I bn Saud
might view the latter’s restoration. The Rashid dynasty has
always been ruled, largely, by the harem, and subject to rapid
mutations by the expeditious method of family murder. Are
those, who have controlled Hail for nearly a year, for or against
Emir Saud now ? Is there any likely successor? The Shammar
have been a much divided tribe for some time past, some standing
in with Ibn Saud, some with the Sherifian cause and ourselves,
some with the Turks and the Emir. Should the Emir re-establish
himself in Hail in independence of King Husein, tbn Saud is
more likely to come to an agreement, with him, than to attack
him. In any case the situation in Jebel Shammar in the near
future is likely to have more than an academic interest for
ourselves.
ARABIA.
North-west.
Intelligence.
Northern Area.
Sherif Nasir and his Bedouin force have kept up their useful
pressure north of Maan by rushing the station at el-Hasa on
May 25 and taking seventy prisoners and some machine guns.
This operation was followed up by the occupation of Farafra
station, whereby the total of prisoners was brought up to 125, includ
ing three officers, and of machine guns to four. These occupations,
however, are never intended to be permanent. Sherif Nasir’s
force cannot be provisioned for more than ten days at a time, and
he must proceed by guerilla methods only. Two days later a regular
Arab force, supported by armoured cars, attacked the railway
south of Jerdun, and the cars broke up a strong counter-attack
from Maan. The enemy suffered thirty casualties, while the
Arabs had an officer and four other ranks wounded. Enemy
air-craft have been causing casualties among Feisal’s detachments,
and he asked on May 29 for counter action by our Air Service
against Kutrani. It appears, however, from our information
that Kalaat Aneizah, where alone there are hangars, is the real
source of the trouble.
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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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