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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [191r] (390/834)
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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appointed for you. So now come down from Zuweizia and
the south to the back of Tur es-Sakr. There you will be
sheltered and those who hold aloof from it will have only
themselves to blame (for the consequences). This is what
I am bound to inform you.”
(Note by Arab Bureau.—Zuweizia is probably a diminutive
form of Ziza, between el-Kastal and Kalaat el-Dabaa.)
Southern Area.
A telegram, dated June 10, has been received reporting the
capture of a Turkish officer, and the destruction of 100 rails
between Bedai and Bowat.
An agent, who was sent lately into Medina and stayed in
the place fourteen days, says that Ateiba, Harb and Huteim
tribesmen have been importing food for the garrison. Hearing
this, Sherif Abdullah ordered the Harb sheikhs to move their
camps farther from the town. The agent found plenty of works
constructed, chiefly of the sangar type, but weakly, manned.
Turkish soldiers, taken near Bowat by the Arabs, were emaciated
and wearing women’s garments.
Forty Turkish M.I. on mules and forty Camel Corps are
reported to have saddled up recently, ridden to Ain Turaa and
surrendered to Sherif Shakir.
Major Davenport reports well of the Bedouins, who attacked
the line on May 23 near Bowat, and with French and Egyptian
help, wrecked six kilometres of track and telegraph, and three
culverts. He also reports well of the Bedouins of Ali’s force
and indeed on all its constituents except the officers, who,
unfortunately, distract the well-intentioned Emir.
General.
A Medinote, who was sent up to Damascus by Fakhri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and has since come down to Sherif Ali, via Jauf and Kasim,
states that, in March last, he saw in Damascus one of the big
Koweit caravans of a thousand camels. It had brought sugar,
coffee and cloths. The first two commodities were sold at half a
Turkish lira an oke. These caravans are private ventures for the
most part, and cloth goods are their chief commodity. Very
little government stuff is brought by them. What there is, is
petroleum. When our informant was at Anezah in Kasim, about
a month ago, he heard that Ibn Sand was refusing passes for all
destinations except Kasim, and that a big caravan had been
stopped by the British.
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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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