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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎342r] (692/834)

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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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— 95 —
Bura have been pressing Sheikh Suleiman Bakhit, of the Abs
tribe, to make submission to the Imam. This tribe is said to
be in possession of 206 Mauser and 2,610 Italian and French
rifles.
Seyyid Abdul Qadir of Sanaa also received instructions
from both the Imam and Mahmud Nadim to induce Suleiman
Bakhit and the Akils of the Beni Abs tribe to sever their relations
with the British Government and also to contrive to take away
the ammunition received by the Beni Abs from us. Abdul
Qadir replied that, according to Suleiman Bakhit, the object
of the latter’s relations with the British Government was merely
to get all he could out of them.
The Political Officer, Hodeidah, reports that the general
attitude of the Quhrah tribe is that they will fight neither the
Imam, the Idrisi, nor the British Government, but would accept
the domination of whichever turned out to be the strongest.
Negotiations were opened by the Imam with this tribe, who-
submitted certain terms under which they were prepared to
accept his suzerainty, and appointed Sheikh Yahya (or Ayad ?)
Ali Humeidah as their leader and spokesman.
Under these terms the Imam was to receive only tithes
on lands and cattle ; other taxes were to be levied and spent
under the authority of the local sheikhs and ulemas. Imamic
forces were not to be sent to the Quhrah country unless^ applied
for by the sheikhs, in which case they should be maintained
by the Imam. The remaining conditions were of less importance,
and aimed chiefly at perpetuating various regulations concerning
the appointment of officials and the internal administration
of the Quhrah country which had been in force during the Turkish
regime.
It is reported that the Imam, in returning, the conditions,
insisted on the Quhrah paying all tithes to his representative
at Bajil ; also on their facilitating the passage of Zeidi troops
through their country to the coast to establish order in that
region, and on their accepting Seyyid Mohammed Hashim
(son-in-law of the Imam) as ‘Amil at Bajil. He further stipulated
that the Quhrah should contribute towards the force he intended
sending to the Tihamah, and, as an inducement, promised to
liberate a certain Sheikh Mujeikar from prison as soon as his
demands had all been accepted.
The Quhrah replied that the Imam’s terms were not accept
able, chiefly because they would not tolerate the presence of
Zeidi troops amongst them, the more so as it would only
aggravate the already great scarcity of local supplies. They
also urged that the country was quite quiet and there was
no fear of aggression from the Idrisi nor from any other quarter.

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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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