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File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’ [‎458v] (921/1240)

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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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— 132 —
• i r . ^ I oral tribes, both Kurdish and Arab, who
of special distrust, j ‘. i under his strong hand, were let
had suffered ^ during his absence in Damascus,
loose upon his flocks and hews aur to terms with
whither he had f^r^^rTmpire. He hurried back to
the new rulers „ grates at Q a ] a t en-Nejm and died in the
Aleppo, crossed dj t an d the Khabur, probably from
desert between the Euphiates^an^ ^ ^ th ^ gh A] - pp0 .
natural causes,^ Hamid (usually known as Hamud),
He left S1 ^ S 7 S ’^ V -j / 2 8\ Khalil Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. (26), Abdul
lirA Tik and Tama (16). The mother o£ Mamu Ismail
and Khalil is Khansah Khanum, a lady o£ remarkable force of
character who administered the family estates when the elder
son were imprisoned in Diarbekr after Ibrahim s death. Abdul
Hamid died hr prison, but Ismail and his brothers were released
after a captivity of many months’ duration, and their possessions
w n great part restored. Though the power of the ruling
house had suffered, the Milli remained a strong tribe, trained ....
arms in the Hamidiyah levies, while the sons of Ibrahim aie still
- i i ii* I-1~»/■*i tt/'m iPn nr*
Ismail is a fair man, of medium height and slight figure,
pleasant mannered, with a fine confident bearing He looks
what he is, the son of a great chief, accustomed to dealing with
hKh officials, and' conversant with big political issues. He
speaks with affection and respect of his brother Khalil Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
who, according to him, has some 1,400 troops, more or less
trained in the Hamidiyah, under his command. He himself
claims to have about 400 horsemen of a similar kind, and says
that his tribe numbers 25,000 men and can raise 12,000 horse.
He includes, no doubt, in these last two figures various Arab
tribes, such as the Adwan, who come directly under the
influence of the Milli, and probably he intends them to cover
the Shammar Jerbah also. The half-trained Milli horsb he
speaks of as the Sabyan. They are all armed with Mausers
and have plenty of ammunition. He suggests that he should
summon his 400 men to the Iraq, if we could get thein safe
passage through Ibn Hadhdhal’s country. He proposes to place
them at our service under his command, and to maintain
them at his own expense. He is confident that Khalil Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
would have no objection to their leaving Wiransheher, as
Khalil has an ample force of his own.
Ismail states that at the beginning of the war the Milli
furnished a body of irregular horse to the Turks for service
against the Russians. They deserted during the first winter and
returned home, bringing with them the arms which they had
received from the Ottoman Government. This led to a conflict
between Turks and Milli near Diarbekr about a year ago.
Ismail claims that the Turkish casualties were heavy and
included some German officers, but the upshot seems to have
been unfavourable to the Milli, and Ismail fled south, intending

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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.

Extent and format
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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