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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [378r] (764/834)
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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The following are some other customs and beliefs of the
Ikhwan :—
The belief is held that the present is the period immediately
preceding the second coming of Christ.
Houses must be of only one storey.
Simplicity of living and dress is to be enforced. (Most
Ikhwan present a most ragged appearance.)
A white turban is to be worn instead of the 'aqal, as a sign
manifest that you are a brother. The Imam has since issued
orders that this is not necessary, but the custom continues among
all newly converted Ikhwan. The Imam himself and his body
guard of negroes wore the aqal, as also did the garrison of Hasa,
though these admitted to me, when questioned, that they were
all good Ikhwan.
Salaams are not returned except to another brother. This
was very marked in Hasa. My Sunni Moslem companions from
Bahrein regularly salaamed to any Ikhwan they met in the
streets, but only once did I notice the answer, “'Alaikum el
salam” given.
If a Kafir or M.ushriq meet a group of Ikhwan in the streets,
the latter cover their faces with both hands, rather than be
polluted by sight. This was done to me on scores of occasions
in Hofuf, and even inside the Imam’s own house and by mem
bers of his own bodyguard. It was the more remarkable as the
Imam himself was always most cordial and regularly returned
my salaam in public.
Whenever I happened to enter a mejlis in which there were
Ikhwan present, these at once left the room in a body.
Fanaticism is still very marked among some of the Ikhwan,
and without the Imam’s protecting influence I should probably
have had a poor time in Hasa. Over and over again, as one
passed a brother, one heard him murmuring under his breath
the well-known phrase, “ There is no power or glory except in
God,” etc. At the same time, one could not take offence ;
on the contrary, one felt great pity for these poor men, firstly
because their fanaticism was not of the aggressive type, and,
secondly, because one felt that intense earnestness and a desire
to live a good life dominated all their thoughts.
The Shi'ah population of Hasa is forbidden to smoke, even
in their own houses, or to have readings in the Husainiyahs.
Failure to obey the rules is visited with the direst penalties.
Many Shi'ahs in the past have been murdered by the Ikhwan.
But now things have changed, and the Shi'ahs, provided they
conform to the smoking and drinking laws, enjoy full freedom
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:34v, 36v:47v, 49v:53v, 56r:95v, 98r:132r, 133v:139v, 141r:149r, 150v:174v, 175v:184v, 186r:194v, 195v:196r, 197v, 199v:216v, 219r:233v, 234v:237v, 241r:245v, 248v:252v, 255v:258v, 260r:264v, 266r:275v, 279r:286v, 287v:313r, 316r:349v, 351r:352r, 354r, 355r:358r, 361r, 363r:365r, 366v:367v, 368v:369v, 370v:397v, 400r:412v, back-i
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