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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎316r] (640/834)

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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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Tribal information from Turkish Sources.
Amongst the documents taken from prisoners of war weie
several lists, compiled by a Turkish Intelligence officer named
Ulvi giving accounts of some of the Hejaz tribes. Ihese docu
ments are being checked and tabulated, and in due course will be
circulated The tribal divisions are much more numerous than
those given in the Handbook of Hejaz, whilst the names of the
Sheikhs differ in almost every case. „ . , ,
The following is an outline of the contents of the documents
and of the more important details in which they differ from our
previous information.
Moahib tribe (page 34 of Handbook).
The Turkish record describes this as a subsection of the
Billi.
Billi tribe (page 35 of Handbook).
This tribe is stated to be divided into two sections, Suleiman
Rufada and Abu Sihamah, under separate Sheikhs, that of t ic
latter being given as Sheikh Hamd Abu Sihamah Eleven sub-
actions are named of the Suleiman Rufadah section, as follows:
Fawadhil, Helban, Remusha, Fereyat, Maqlat, El Herb, Dlnbal,
KaraTa Kuwain, Moahib, and Dhahma. 1 . .
No sub-sections are given of the Abu Sihamah ; and as it is
stated to comprise only 200 combatants, the lurkish list is pro
bably in error in showing it as a separate section
The Hejaz Handbook gives two chief sections : Khuzann
(Kuwain in above list) and Makhalad ; and includes the Abu
Sihamah as a sub-section of the latter. But our tribal information
of the Billi is very incomplete.
Juheinah tribe (page 36 of Handbook). .
The Turkish lists give the names of 18 sub-sections of the
Malik section and 14 of the Musa The Beni Ibrahim is shown
as a subsection of the Mftsa, whilst our Handbook includes it
amongst the^Mahk ^ ^ bg ^ to collect 4)000 com batants
and the Musa 3,000.
Harb tribe (page 37 of Handbook).
The two known main sections, Beni Salim and Beni Masrffh
are given in the Turkish statement, but the Beni Meimun shewn
h, the Handbook as an alternative name of Beni Salim figures as
' subsection of the latter and is divided into the following :
Ahamda, Wuld Mohammed, Subh, Mahamid, Seraha, Beni
Hay eh, El Euwad, Rahala.

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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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