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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [359r] (726/834)
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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or anything to be taken for military purposes, without the
decision of the special committee which he had appointed for
this purpose.
“ He used to give orders to the Committee of Assessment
about any place which was required to be demolished, and the
committee, after fixing the price, posted an official notice on the
wall of the building, giving the price and eight days’ period for
the proprietor to appeal. The same measures were followed
whether the proprietor was in Medina or not. Some proprietors
of buildings demolished by the Government have officially
received the prices of their buildings from the Mehkemeh Shariah
and the president of the Town Buildings Commission, but
there is a sum. of about L.T. 74,000 still owing to other landlords
on this account. All cases are recorded in official schedules.
“ The members of the Committee of Assessment included
three landlords, the Municipal Engineer, and the chief Sheikh
of the Masons, all of whom took the legal oath before the judge
of the Mehkemeh on appointment.
“ Property seized from the Houses and Shops of the Natives.
“ As Medina was closely besieged, Fakhri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
urged
the natives to emigrate to Syria at certain fixed tim.es, and
therefore the natives left Medina for different places, chiefly
Syria, leaving their heavy furniture and goccls in their locked
houses and shops.
“ When Fakhri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
found need of clothes, furniture,
cooking utensils, etc., for military purposes, he sent the valuing
committee to procure the things he wanted and to fix prices,
and the house or shop from which things were taken was locked
and sealed, and lists were made in the name of the proprietor.
These lists are still in the possession of the Government, with
the idea that the prices will be paid when the war is over.
“ The Haram.
“ The premises of the Holy Haram were found in good
order. I had seen them before in 1909. Fakhri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
used
a part of the Mosque for storing ammunition, and prevented
visitors from going into the Mosque after sunset.
“ I was informed by the present Mudir of the Haram,
Mohammed Ghalib Bey (who was sub-Mudir before), that it was
decided by the authorities in Constantinople to pull down the
buildings around the Haram, and all were dealt with according to
law.
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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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- Title
- File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’
- Pages
- 358v:360v
- Author
- El Miralai Sadik Bey Kahya
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