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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [398v] (805/834)
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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instance, in spite of the heavy losses on the Sherifian side at the
battle of Turabah, Ibn Sand made no announcement as to the
number of Hejaz regular troops he took as prisoners.
Reports from Jeddah indicate that Wahabism is increasing
amongst the various Hejaz sub-tribes of the Harb, whilst the
Ateibah are gradually invading the country and spreading the
gospel. Colonel Vickery has lately received reliable reports
that Wahabi bands continue to move through Hejaz territory
near Taif making forcible conversions and accusing the people
af being infidels in British pay.
Captain Agub Khan sends the following details from
Mecca :—
“ The Mudeiyna (Proselytizing) Sect of the Wahabis is
gaining converts rapidly, both by voluntary inducement and
forcible methods.
“ This sect considers all other Moslem sects as infidels, and
regards it as a deed of great merit to murder a non-Moslem.
Their method of killing their victims is very brutal, and they
besmear their bodies and faces with the blood of the victim as a
sign of their meritorious deed. They shave their upper lips and
eyebrows and also both sides of the beard, which they grow m
the centre. (Cf. Mr. Philby’s account, page 4, Arab Bulletin,
1919). There are said to be three Punjabi Mullus with the
Mudeiyna, who have been living among the Arabs for a long
time.”
Khurma Dispute.
Although both sides are displaying a disposition to come to
terms, it has not yet been found possible to arrange a venue for
the meeting between King Husein and Ibn Sand. As was fore
shadowed in the last number of these notes (page 65), Ibn Saud
has refused to meet the King at Jeddah, and, prompted no doubt
by the belief that in official quarters on this side there exists a
bias in favour of the King, has also stated that he cannot consent
to the meeting being held in Egypt or Aden. He will agree to
Baghdad or Bombay, but it is probable that King Husein would
raise an objection to either of those places for a reason similar
to that which influences his rival. Negotiations are still pro
ceeding. r
The following extracts from a letter written by Khalid ibn
Mansur, the “ rebel ” Emir of Khurma, to Ibn Saud at the end of
November, are of interest:—
stantmople years ago I have visited him very often, and have
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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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- 398r:399r
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- Khālid bin Manṣūr bin Luw'ayy
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