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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎320v] (649/834)

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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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Dilapidated equipment and material. It was with quite a shock of
surprise that one saw emerge from the distant line of forbidding-
looking mountains, across the monotonous Tihamah with its black-
ringletted, half-naked Arabs, a body of people of comparatively
European aspect, bringing with them children with flaxen hair
and complexions more characteristic of Scandinavia than tropical
Arabia.
1 he main evacuation took place via Shukeik, where there is
a comparatively abundant rainfall, due to the closer approach of
the mountains to the sea; where millet and indigo flourish ; and
where there is abundant pasturage. The villages were large and
clean, and the inhabitants unhesitatingly obeyed the Idrisi’s order
that one should be cleared for the accommodation of the Turks.
An enclosure was fenced off on the sea-shore, at the place of
embarkation. The 1 urks marched into this and surrendered
their arms and material. These were then counted and handed
over to the Idrisi for safe keeping, in return for a receipt, pending
an arrangement between him and H.M. Grovermnent as to their
ultimate disposal. The items thus handed over included 1,863
rifles, 2bo mules,^ 18 mountain guns, 4 machine guns, upwards
of 300 boxes of S.A.A., and 1,080 shells. Five heavy guns were
left at Ebhah, one at Muhail and two at Sheibein. These, the
Turks said, and their statement is supported by what is known
of the country, could not be brought to the coast except by the
expenditure of a large amount of labour. Ihoy had been man
handled up from Kunfidah over the mountain roads by a couple
of battalions of men. Over three million rounds of S.A.A., much
of it no doubt more fit for a museum than for use, and over ten
thousand shells of various types were left behind, chiefly at
Ebhah. for this Ibn Aidh and his prevarication over camels
was partly responsible, but in any case it would have been
impossible to bring even the greater part of it down. Taking
into consideration merely the normally dangerous state of the
roads, Muhieddin Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was obliged to evacuate quickly when
he had once begun, and sufficient camels could not be obtained
m the mountains where apparently the Tihamah camels cannot
be used—-for the almost simultaneous transport of such a mass
of material. Ibn Aidh accepted responsibility for producing any
of this—and particularly that portion abandoned as a result of
ns failure to provide transport—on demand from the Idrisi,
and the latter seemed confident he would not dare to try to evade
t is responsibility. More effective as a safeguard against trouble
is the tact that guns, rifles and machine guns seem to be fairly
completely accounted for.
Taking things on the whole, therefore, Muhieddin Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
appears to have accepted his, obligations towards us loyally.
e made an attempt to extort money assistance, but his financial
uimculties were certainly genuine.
1 here are various indications which, though trifling in
' iemse ve,t S ht in well with Captain Garland’s suggestion in

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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.

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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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