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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [337v] (683/834)
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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86 —
amounts to 20,000 Bedouin, of which some are posted ten miles
west of Tarabah.
Emir Abdullah has collected from his original force a remnant
of about 3,000 Bedouin at Okheidir. Two hundred and fifty
semi-trained regulars have left Mecca under Sagh. Kaisuni
(Minister of War), to join the Emir, whilst Emir Ali at Medina is
reported to be sending some machine guns and ammunition.
Stop Press News.
H. Gr.
In spite of many Bedouin rumours that Ibn Sand and the
Ikhwan intended to occupy Mecca, no military incidents have
occurred since the Sherifian defeat at Tarabah. Ibn Saud was
ordered by His Majesty’s Government to withdraw from Khurma,
and informed that his request for arbitration would be granted.
He is now reported moving eastward towards Riadh. Mr. Philby
is being sent from London to commence negotiations, and
meanwhile we are advising the King not to move east of the
line Taif-Asheirah.
The Ikhwan.
A Note, compiled by the A.P.O., Basrah, on the Ikhwan,
and dated April last, states that the movement first appeared
some eight or twelve years ago, probably in the vicinity of
Riadh. Like all newly formed sects it is animated with a very
strong spirit of fanaticism and, for that reason, is regarded
with fear by the tribes and sheikhs round about Zubeir. Being,
at its outset, hostile towards the Sherif, it was encouraged by
Ibn Saud, and, after spreading around Riadh, its supporters
attempted to establish a colony in Hail, but Ibn Rashid forbade
this, and has ever since followed the same policy, with the result
that, except for a few converts in one sub-tribe situated on his
bordei, there are no Ikhwan sectarians amongst his people.
. The A - P -0., Basrah, states that all Ibn Sand’s tribes are
tainted with Ikhwanism; the Muteir, the Ateibah, and the
Harb include large proportions of adherents, whilst the Dawasir
and the Sebei have smaller numbers. Feisal ibn Darwish
Sheikh of the Muteir, is the leading spirit of the movement’
and even the people of Koweit are gradually joining. At Zubeir
ikhwan converts are appearing in increasing numbers, much
to the alarm of Sheikh Ibrahim (of Koweit), and many a Bedou
entering the town to replenish his supplies boasts that he has
joined the new sect.
Contrary to our information from previous sources, the
•P.O., Basrah, asserts that the Ikhwan have passed beyond
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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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