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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎401r] (810/834)

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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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Shibein. Ibn Aidh’s cousin, Mohammed ibn Abdul Rahman
ibn Aidh, entered the town a couple of days later from Mecca
along with King Husein’s representative, Sherif Abdullah ibn
Hamza. Fighting between partisans of Hassen ibn Aidh and
those of the Idrisi followed. The iormer lost one sheikh and two
men, and Abdullah ibn Hamza left hurriedly for Mecca during
the night. • i
Captain Faziluddin says that the fight finally decided the
fate of the Sherifian cause in Asir, and has helped the Idrisi
considerably to consolidate and extend his influence amongst the
tribes even so far north as Bishah. The powerful tribes of
Ghamid and Zahran, Beni Shihr, and Shahran are now almost
completely under the Idrisi. Sheikhs Abdul Aziz ibn Ahmed and
Ali ibn Ahmed ibn Mukhasir of the Ghamid, Sheikh Rashid ibn
Jumaan of the Zashran, Sheikhs Abdullah ibn Dhafir and Dhafir
ibn Dhafir ibn Jari of the Beni Shihr have all taken the oath of
allegiance to the Idrisi, but Sheikh Said ibn Faidh, the chief
sheikh of the Beni Shihr, who is closely related to King Husein, is
still on the side of the latter.
Captain Faziluddin reports that the Idrisi’s finances are m a
low state. After the cessation of our subsidy he did not
immediately feel any financial embarrassment, as he discharged
many of his troops and his customs were bringing m sufficient
revenue. The opening of Hodeidah as a free port, however, had
the effect of diverting most of the trade from his ports to Hodeidah,
and he therefore increased the rate of duty levied on the reduced
imports and exports, a measure which displeased his people and
only served to drive much of the trade that was left him to
Hodeidah. i i i .c
The Idrisi’s losses have also been increased by the lack ot
shipping facilities, as the small craft of Messrs. Cowasjee, Dmshaw
& Co. are always fully loaded with cargo from or to Hodeidah
when they call at the Idrisi port of Jeizan.
The conditions described, states Captain Faziluddin, cause
the Idrisi to think that he is not being fairly treated by the
British Government, and, moreover, are liable to throw the
trade of Yemen and Asir into the hands of the Italians, who are
already doing good business from Massawah. He suggests that
the export of silver rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. from Aden to Asir should be permitted,
and that shipping facilities should be increased ; also that the
Idrisi should have a small copper coinage minted for him, and that
Hodeidah should cease to be a free port and be brought into line
with the other ports by the imposition of similar rates of customs
dues.

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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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