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File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’ [‎455v] (915/1240)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (616 folios). It was created in 1916-1917. It was written in English and French. 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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— 126 —
Past Relations between Mecca and Hail.
thp wp!1 -known battle of Jerrab, where Ibn Sand
artillery.”
[Note. —i.e., Captain Shakespear, who was only present as
a spectator. Jerrab is near Mejraaa in Sedeir.]
“Abdullah was on his way to the scene of action, before the
battle of Moharram 1334, at the request of Ibn Sand - but
unfortunately, he was not in time for the battle and \^as oblige^
to halt at a village on the borders of the Hejaz called Sharaa, S.E.
of Aneizah, the capital of Qasim (about 130 kilometres distant)
and about 150 kilometres from the scene of the battle.”
[Note.—Sharaa is on the Mecca-Riyadh road, about 400
miles from the former, in Ateibah territory.]
“ Emir Abullah warned Ibn Rashid (who could not maintain
his forces where he was) against advancing on the villages of
Nejd and the estates of Ibn Saud. So Ibn Rashid returned to
his own country, and Abdullah returned to Mecca. 1 his was
when Turkey declared war, and at the time when bad relations
began between us and the Turks ; because they asked, when
they heard Abdullah was in action, that he should come to
Medina and proceed with his brother Ali to Sinai to co-operate
with Jemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . Ibn Rashid’s people consequently were
unable to make the pilgrimage in 1334.
“ Matters continued thus until the chiefs of the Shammar
tribes discovered the mistakes of Ibn Rashid’s policy. Then
these men began to send us their excuses and continued up to
the time when our revolt took place ; but Ibn Rashid stated,
‘ I have nothing to do with the revolt of the Sherif, because my
position precludes me from anything except helping the Turks
to whom allegiance is due.’ We set Ibn Rashid aside and wrote
to the Shammar chiefs, such as Ibn Tawala etc., that the mind ol
Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz (i.e., Ibn Rashid) being under the influence
of ignorant advisers, we were compelled to inform them that it

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Content

The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. 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.

Tables of content can be found at the front of each issue. A small amount of content is in French.

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1 volume (616 folios)
Arrangement

The bulletins are arranged in numerical order from the front to the back of the file. An exception being that No 1 is located after No 6. An index to Nos 1-35 can be found at the front: folios 4-15.

The subject 759 (Arab Bulletins) consists of two volumes. IOR/L/PS/10/657-658.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 618; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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