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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎366v] (741/834)

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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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each tried to bring these districts under their rule, but only
Nejd has ever met with any success. In the time of the Great
Sand (who ruled practically all Arabia from the Euphrates to
the Red Sea, except the Yemen and southern districts, and
who died in 1814) these tribes were subject to him, and the
district formed part of Nejd.
This state continued till the flight of a later Saud dynasty
to the Basra coast, after which the district became a bone of
contention between the newly risen power of Rashid and the
Emirate of Mecca, who were constantly in dispute regarding their
territorial boundaries and spheres of influence. Upon the decline
of the Rashid power in Nejd, the Turkish Government handed
the districts over to the Emir of Mecca, who sent Sherif Sultan
ibn Raga to Tarabah as his representative, but, according to
reports, the tribes have never accepted the Government of
Mecca, which has never been able to do more than exercise
merely a local influence over them, because the majority of them
follow Wahabism. Possibly also the tribesmen were influenced
by the fact of the Saud rulers being further away from them,
and thus less likely to meddle with them than the Emirs at
Mecca.
The tribes of the Ateibah living in these districts are chiefly
confined to the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and village of Khurma. They belong to
the Roqah section (Ruqbah division) of this powerful combination,
and their dim lies north of the El Harith (pronounced El Hurut),
an Ashraf clan, who are found south of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Khurma. The
Ateibah do’ not appear to enter much into the political activities
of the village of Khurma, but confine themselves more to the
wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
The Sebei have their homeland in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Raniyah and
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tarabah, and form the greater part of the settled population
of Khurma. About three-quarters of them are Wahabi and
regard the Meccans as kafirs, but the remainder come under the
influence of the Grand Sherif. Ibn Saud endeavoured to collect
Zikat from them in 1918, but did not meet with much success.
They appear, however, to acknowledge him as their head and look
to Nejd for protection, as many of their families, have definitely
settled in Nejd. In the days of the Great Saud, the whole tribe
was Wahabi, and it is only since the Turks grabbed this territory
for the Mecca Emirate that the influence of Mecca has penetrated
into the tribe.
and the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. . They live chiefly by. robbery and violence, and
merchants from Mecca, visiting the town of Turabah, go there
in mortal dread of the “ Evil Buqum.” In the days of the Rashid
power they fought for Ibn Rashid against the Saud dynasty.
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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.

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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