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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [255r] (518/834)
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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Armenian, Gabriel Noradounghian. The paragraph recently
quoted, which, as we have seen, was only a clever piece of
flattery on the part of the Austrian Government, was transformed
into the following in Article 2 of the Royal Decree of October
17, 1912 : “ Les droits des fondations pieuses (wakf) seront
respectes comme par le passe et aucune entrave sera apportee
aux relations des Musulmans avec le chef religieux appele Cadi,
qui sera nomine par le Cheik-ul-Islamat et avec les Naibs nommes
par lui-meme ...” After what has been said above, nothing
need be added to show that, instead of following in the footsteps
of the Turco-Austrian agreement, as we believed, the opposite
was accomplished. 6
Notes on Chapter I V.
1 As I said in the preceding paragraph, the mistaken
premises are only to be found in the Italian versions of the
Treaty.
2 So Article 2 of the Royal Decree quoted. But the
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
of the Sultan of the same date says : “ Nous nous reservons . . .
la nomination du Cadi. ,,
3 That is to say “ vicar ” or “ substitute ” of the Sultan.
The ambiguity was evidently desired by the Ottoman delegates
to give the impression of a “ Vice-Sultan.”
4 In the eyes of Moslems this was all the more evident, as
the Turkish Government in none of its bilateral or unilateral
agreements recognised Italian sovereignty over Libya. It only
conceded “ une pleine et entiere autonomie ” to the population
of Cyrenaica and Tripoli {
Firman
A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’).
of the Sultan).
5 Article 2 of the protocol reads : “ . . . Le Gouvernement
ottoman reconnait d'une facon expresse le nouvel etat de choses
en Bosnie-Herzegovine cree par la dite decision.” (This refers
to the autograph letter of the Emperor, Francis Joseph I, to
Count Aehrenthal, his Minister for Foreign Affairs. The
Emperor hereby declared that his sovereignty extended over
Bosnia-Herzegovina, and that these territories were, therefore,
annexed to Austria-Hungary.)
6 It should be noted that, by virtue of the Austro-Turkish
Treaty of April 21, 1879, during the whole period of Austrian
administration (1879-1908) under the dominion of Ottoman
sovereignty, the chief Kadi sent by the Turkish Government
for Bosnia-Herzegovina, resided at Sarajevo. The protocol of
1909 suppressed him.
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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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- Title
- File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’
- Pages
- 238r:240v, 246r:248r, 253r:255r, 259r:259v
- Author
- Nallino, Carlo Alfonso
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