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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎302r] (612/834)

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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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gone further and has taken what would appear to be an impolitic
step. Amongst the letters which he received was one from Hasan
ibn Ali ibn Aidh, paramount chief of the Beni Mugheid, who
occupy the district round Ebha. Hasan ibn Ali was first with
the Idrisi, but seceded to the Turks in 1910, under the influence
of bribes from King Husein. The Turks made him Vali of
Asir which in practice meant ruler only of those tribes who
recognized Turkish authority. In his letter to the King he claimed
that the Turks in Ebha had surrendered and handed over their
ammunition to him. Even if true, this implies little, for he and
the Beni Mugheid have always lived on friendly relations with
the Turks, who were never besieged in Ebha. In answer King
Husein has appointed him Emir of Asir. Precisely what autho
rity he- means this rank to entail is not immediately clear. But
by his action he definitely arrogates to himself the right to nomi
nate officials to replace the Turks in disputed territories. On
the basis of self-determination, the Beni Mugheid should at the
present moment probably fall within the King’s sphere. But the
Idrisi is hardly likely to view the establishment of such a precedent
with equanimity. Apart, too, from the question of principle the
latter is reported to be sending an emissary of his own to Ebha.
The dangers inherent in the situation there were outlined in a
previous issue.
Hasan ibn Ali, in offering King Husein the allegiance of
the A1 lazid section of the Beni Mugheid, who, he says, would
accept no other overlord, adds that the Qahtan (i'.e. the settled
tribe of that name in Asir as distinct from their nomadic cousins
further north, who are mainly Wahhabis and are under Ibil
Sand) and the districts of el-Hajah and Dhoran (which form
two kazas in the Yemen) have agreed to recognize the King
as “ Sultan of the Arabs and Imam of the Moslems.”
Amongst other notables who have written to him are
Suleiman ibn Ali, apparently chief of the Musa who own
Muhail. He, like Hasan ibn Ali, threw in his lot with the Turks
against Idrisi, so might naturally be expected to turn to Mecca
now.* Said ibn Faiz, chief of the Beni Shihir, and his son
Faraj ibn Said, ex-Kaimakam of Muhail, have also written to
the King. Their attitude, too, is logical. Said ibn Faiz is head
of a family closely related to King Husein, and was one of the
Hejaz representatives in the Ottoman Parliament. The Beni
Shihir in general have shown little sympathy with the Idrisi.
In addition to these, a deputation from the Hashid and
Bakil tribes reached Mecca in the middle of December, bearing a
letter, signed by four members of the Shaif family. The question
of these tribes was dealt with in a recent issue. Their position
is a most unsatisfactory one from their own point of view.
Having seceded from the Imam about 1912, their subsidy, paid
* In fact, however, he appears to he merely playing for safety, for
Captain Clayton, in a recent report, states categorically that he offered his
submission to the Idrisi at the end of December.

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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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