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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎175r] (358/834)

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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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Emir Feisal at, or inland from, Akaba, and left Suez for that
port on June 1. It is hoped that Lieut.-Colonel Lawrence may
be able to meet him on arrival and introduce him to the Emir.
King Husein came down on May 27 to meet Colonel Wilson
at Jiddah. Among other things occupying his attention are the
dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. -traffic question, to which we shall refer in our next issue,
and the question of his own “Kingship of the Arabs”, which he
never allows to sleep very long !
NOTES.
King Husein and Ibn Saud.
King Husein has sent to our Agent at Jiddah, under date
May 15, a letter in which he expresses more plainly than usual
his personal view that the Emir of Riyadh is not playing an
honest game, but using the protection, which he secures under
our treaty with him, to go counter to our interests in Arabia.
“ You have already been informed,” the King writes, “ of
the oppression of, and encroachment against, the I ribes who
have been firmly bound to the Emirs of Mecca from ancient
times to the present day, in a way clearly pointing to his (Ibn
Sand’s) intention to override their local rights. Yes, such
encroachments and intentions, nay greater than these, should not
be attended to in view of the present situation and what may
result from it (ironical). This is our way and^ course of action
especially since he accepted money from Medina and sent it to
el-Yemen and since he refrained from opposing Ibn Rashid and
“ But our object, now, in informing you of this is the effect
on men’s minds, inasmuch as he is known and famous through
his alliance with Great Britain ; and his rise to-day and his
determination to commit such acts, and anything leading to
discord, firmly establish and point to the fact that he is following
the path of Ibn Rashid in helping the policy of the lurks. His
intention to help them against us, while he is an ally of Great
Britain, who is managing our affairs—this is the importan
point which will produce anxieties of all kinds in the minds of
all people of the country and will affect the course of the orderec
political life of the country which continues and, God willing,
will continue.” . . ,
The King, however, concludes his letter with an assurance
that the force he has sent to Khurma will avoid encroachment
on Ibn Sand’s territories ; and at a subsequent interview which
Colonel Wilson had with him at Jiddah for the express purpose
of impressing him with the necessity of keeping on terms with

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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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