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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎202v] (413/834)

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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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“ About three hours after daylight Sherif Ali came up. He
had l)een deserted by all his officers, and with the assistance of
his slaves, was bringing' in his guns and Avater -columns himself. I
told him all about the officer, Mnstapha, and that I considered he
(the Sherif) had been let in by his officers. He assured me he had
no intention to gi\ 7 e in because he had failed, and said he was going
to try and Avorry the Turks by mystifying them and raiding them
and moving his oavd camp about.’’
Lieut. Garrood adds some details on the demolition work
carried out at PWat in all the attacks. We give the following
extract:—
“ Advantage was taken of the brilliant moonlight to make
a good examination of the state of the railway before the
demolition. It was very evident that there is a dearth of
sleepers. In very many places one sleeper took the place of two,
and occasionally "the spanning Avas nearly two-and-a-half times
the normal.
“ The rails were for the most part whole ones. The insulators
on telegraph poles were a mixed lot. Many of them Avere badly
smashed but just serviceable.
“ The large bridge blown up Avas of three spans. It consisted
of masonry in cement piers, and the line was carried by rolled
steel ‘ l ’ beams. The explosion left it a complete wreck and
tore up the line for a good distance on either side.”
Major Davenport’s full report of his visit to Sherif Ali’s
camp (see p. 207) is also now to hand. He was pestered (as
Avas also Sherif Abdullah, while there) by the Syrian and
Baghdadi parties among the officers, each complaining of the
other. The officers have abundance of female society and IWe
in considerable luxury. So far as the cam]) goes, organization
is good, especially in regard to the supply of food and water ;
but artillery stores are in utter confusion, and none of the
officers either keeps his guns well or understands them. They
hold fancy ranks without regard to their competence. Mules
Avere in good condition, but the Australian horses looked very
feeble. There are practically no Bedouins in the camp, and
Major Davenport believes that no Harb sections, except the Beni
Mohammed, are uoav in the held. Many of them are undoubtedly
trading with the enemy.
When Major Davenport took his leave, he thanked the
Sherif for allowing him to approach so near Medina. Ali
replied frankly that, in the Rabugh days, he had had to adopt a
very different attitude, because the Bedouins were unfamiliar
with the sight of Europeans inland, and could not be trusted
to forego Turkish rewards for the heads of British officers. He
was uneasy even when Colonel doyce appeared at Bir Derwish a
year ago (see our Ao. 54, p. 279), but nothing untoward
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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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