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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [386r] (780/834)
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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visited Aden in March to ascertain informally our wishes
regarding the Yemen. They said that, if the Government was
prepared to listen to their overtures, they were ready to take
orders, and offered help against the Imam. The Resident replied
that nothing could be done for them at present.
Sherif 'Abdul Rahman ibn Husein ibn 'Abdul Rahman ibn
'Alawi of Saba and Marib (in the Jauf district north-east of
Sana'a) wrote to Aden also expressing a desire to enter into friendly
relations with us. He said that the people of Nejran had agreed
to acknowledge the suzerainty of the Imam.
Sheikh Mohammed Nasir Muqil of Mawia (page 69) is
reported to have surrendered two Turkish guns and ten camel
loads of ammunition to the Imam and to have despatched them
to Sanaa.
Aden Protectorate.
In March the number of Zeidi troops in our Protectorate
was estimated at 1,400, and fresh arrivals were reported in April.
The Imam has taken no steps to withdraw them, although there
are signs that he may be compelled to do so before long, owing
to the Idrisi’s action in the Tihamah. He has written explaining
that he wants nothing but his rights and friendly relations with
us, but he seems to consider that his rights extend over the whole
of our Protectorate. He has been informed that no further
discussion can be held with him until all his Zeidi troops and
officials are withdrawn across the boundary.
Two-thirds of the Quteibis are reported to have capitulated
to the Zeidi Commander, but not the Quteibi Sheikh.
The 'Alawi Sheikh and the nephew (Muqbil 'Abdullah) of
the Quteibi Sheikh, who had been detained by the Imam’s
representative at Dabab, were sent to Sanaa in March. Muqbil
'Abdullah gave the Imam a hostage, and so was allowed to return
to Dhala later.
The 'Abdali Sultan informedt he Resident at Aden that the
Imam has postponed his proposed advance on Lahej (see page 99).
On April 23 a Zeidi officer with twenty mounted men arrived
at Lahej and asked for permission to visit Aden. This was
refused and he was informed that the evacuation of our territory
by the Zeidi troops was the first essential to resumption of com
munications with the Imam and his agents. He therefore
returned to the Yemen.
This action of the Resident was greatly appreciated by the
people of Lahej and elsewhere, and, according to the Qadi of
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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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