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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎291r] (590/834)

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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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Mohammed, though a mere mortal, was Rasul Allah, the
Prophet of God, therefore his authority is greater than that of
his fellows, but he is not entitled to be associated with God in
worship. That would be Shirk, the most heinous of all offences
against God*
Ibn Sand is the head of the movement, but connives at no
immorality. On that point both Kaunkiaer and, I think,
Hamilton have libelled him.
The ghazu is prohibited among the Ikhwan ; it is not correct
to say that Ibn Saud does not collect zakat from his dependents ;
the burden of taxation is very light in Nejd.
As regards intercourse between Sherifians and Wahhabis,
the almost open enmity of the two rulers must necessarily make
it difficult. The Wahhabis regard the Sherif and his followers
as Mushrikin (heretics) and the Sherif openly denounces Ibn Saud
for leading the people from the true path. The Ikhwan naturally
have never served with the Sherif. Such Wahhabis as have,
enjoy the ordinary matrimonial rights and privileges of the rest
of their fellow countrymen ; a wife cannot divorce her husband
and, if she marries another while her husband is away, she and
her paramour run serious risk of a horrible death. I never heard
of the clothes, etc v of those who have served with the Sherif—
and there are hundreds of them in Nejd—being laid out in the
sun for four days ; they generally return the richer by a rifle and
ample ammunition and funds and are warmly welcomed back by
their families. The strictest Ikhwan, no doubt, only return the
salutation of fellow Ikhwan, but that has no reference to Sherifian
service.
I estimate the number of Ikhwan at perhaps 30,000 men at
the outside. Reduce Abdul Majid’s estimate of 300,000 by
Doughty’s rule and we get my estimate.”
KHURMA.
No decisive encounter has as yet taken place between the
opposing forces at Khurma. Counsels of patience have been
strongly urged upon the King, and a message to Ibn Saud is
to be despatched from Baghdad to the effect that, if he does not
abstain from aggressive action and withdraw all Ikhwan forces
operating west of Khurma, his subsidy will cease and the British
authorities consider themselves free to take all measures which
may appear desirable to secure peace. This does not impugn
his de facto position at Khurma—a problem to be settled at the
Peace Congress.
A detailed analysis of the latest information regarding the
causes of the present trouble and of the relative strength of the
claims to Khurma, as advanced hitherto by both sides, is in
course of preparation and will be published in the next issue of
the Bulletin at an early date.

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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.

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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