File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [341r] (690/834)
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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Muhieddin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
also describes a “ bloody engagement,”
in which the Turks “ inflicted over 100 casualties on the brigands
and dispersed them in utter confusion.” (In his second letter
he states they were Bedouins of the Nawashira sub-tribe of the
Belair.) The date of the affair is not given, and although
Muhieddin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
artfully describes it as an action of the Qunfudah
detachment, the passage probably refers to a fight against the
Sherifian force sent to Qunfudah by King Husein early in March
1918 to stiffen the local friendly Bedouin, long after the Turks
had retired from there to Goz Belair (pp. 96, 121, and 164 of
volume 1918). . .
In this letter Muhieddin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
forecasted the Idrisi attack
against the Waazat and Abs districts, which actually took
place on March 22, 1918 (p. 122, volume 1918), and stated that
he had written secretly to the Imam Yahya asking for a loan
to enable him to menace Sabiya and even Mecca, adding also
that he was in constant communication with the Yemen.
The second letter is undated, but it is obviously of later
date than the above, as it mentions the receipt of a letter from
Fakhri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
dated Medina, February 18,1918. To some extent
it covers the same ground, but discloses that the Sherif s agent
in the Tihamah was his relative, Faraj Bey ibn Said (p. 98, Asir
Handbook), a former member of the Ottoman Parliament,
whilst the Idrisi was employing Ahmed ibn Ibrahim Mita c ali
(p. 92, Asir Handbook), formerly Kaimmakam of Bijal el Ma c .
The following version of the predicted Idrisi attack on the
Waazat line is given :—
“ Idrisi attacked the Waazat line with about 4,000 paid
fugitives from the Hashid and Bekil tribes, but thanks to the
heroic defenders, the volunteers of the Imam, and to the heroism
and ability of Major Ghalib Bey, O.G. the detachment, Idrisi’s
attack was converted into a retreat.”
The report omits any mention of the loss of Loheiyah on
February 16, 1918 (p. 94, volume 1918), or of the subsequent
Idrisi attacks which brought about the Turkish retirement to
the Waazat line (see pp. 81, 90, 94, 114, and 122 of volume 1918),
and closes with a note of complaint from Muhieddin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, that
of his 71 combatant officers, 1 major and a few captains and
lieutenants “are good for nothing at present.”
Ahmed Tewfik Pasha’s letter is dated March 26, 1918, and
is of greater interest. He reports that “severe British attacks
were made from Aden with the object of capturing Lahej and
Newahi Tissa with aeroplanes, balloons, heavy guns and superior
forces, all of which were brilliantly repulsed.” This refers,
apparently, to the reconnaissances made by the Aden forces
on December 20, 1917, through Jabir and Hatum, and our
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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.
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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.
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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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