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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎217v] (443/834)

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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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the service very much indeed. As a part of this trip, I also
spent two days in Ras el-Kheunah. This was at the personal
solicitation of'Sheikh Sultan, the younger son of Sheikh Salim,
who is hopelessly paralyzed from an apoplectic stroke dating some
three months back. The service rendered was little more than
examination and diagnosis, but I was able also to repair the hare
lip of the younger son, Sheikh Sultan, a service which he appeared
to appreciate greatly. The brevity of my stay made any
considerable work among the people quite impossible. A few
were seen, however, and the utmost cordialit} 7 was manifested
everywhere.
“The trip was terminated by a stay of a week to ten days
in Dubai, at the invitation of Sheikh 'Said ibn Maqtum. The
people were exceedingly cordial, and it was possible to give the
sheikh the medical advice he desired, and also to do a certain
amount among the people. Much more might have been done,
if the available stock of medicines had been adequate.
“ The need for medical services was everywhere extreme,
and such services are greatly appreciated. I was even asked by
some of the leading men of Sharjah, whether a petition to the
proper parties might secure the permanent establishment of
medical work in that district.
“ As to the political situation, it is obvious that by far the
strongest sheikh in that region is Hamdan of Abu Dhabi. This is
universally recognized by the Arabs themselves, and it remains
to be added, that not only is he the strongest in point of inherited
power, but in his own personal qualities as a ruler, he is
quite in a class by himself. He is sincerely and strongly loyal
to the British Government, to such a degree indeed, that probably
the most potent motive, that could be brought to bear upon him,
would be the possibility of some special recognition or decoration
from that Government. Sheikh Rashid of Umm el-Qaiwein is a
much less admirable type, though still a good sheikh as Arab
rulers go. He is a man of large wealth, and his principal interest
appears to consist in preserving and increasing it. It is perhaps
safe to say that the most effective motive in influencing him
would lie in that direction. Sheikh Said of Dubai, is a very
affable and democratic-mannered man, reckoned among the Arabs,
and correctly so, as a weak ruler, having very little comprehension
of the world outside, and fearful of any increase of British power
or influence in his territory. He is without doubt the weakest
of the sheikhs that we met on the trip ; and at the same time the
least intelligent, and most prejudiced against all progress. The
young Sheikh Mohammed of Ras-el-Kheimah, who is assuming
the duties that Salim, his father, can no longer perform, promises
exceedingly well. He is unusually intelligent, and apparently
genuinely interested in the progress of the people under him.
“ On the surface nothing is met with but the most cordial
loyalty to the British Government. But it is not difficult to see
that, underneath, this loyalty is considerably tempered. In the

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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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