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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [111r] (230/834)
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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way across the plain and occasional glimpses were obtained of the
great ranges towards Dawasir, one massive ridge in particular
called the Hadhb Dawasir appearing to be of great extent and
considerable altitude, though at such a distance it was difficult to
form any idea of its lieight. , „ \ T pii
As we advanced the line of the Arjal Subai Nafudh lose
gradually above the horizon, and camping for the night well in
shdit of it we reached it next morning an elevated sand mass
extending a considerable distance from north to south and about
twenty-five miles in breadth. This proved however, to be an
exceedingly easy Nafudh to negotiate, as a flat depression called
Khudud traverses it in a W .S.W. direction along the hue of om
march and it was not necessary to enter the actual sands un i
we were within six or seven miles of. the furthei end. , ^
From this point our course followed a succession of apparently
saline depressions until we emerged on to the Subai p am. T1
line formed across the whole breadth of the Nafudh » } tl .
denressions is said to be a natural escape for the flood wateo
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Subai, which, being discharged m considerable \olume
from the end of the channel proper of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
on to the plain,
flow down to the edge of the Arjal Subf Nafudh and m jcais
of exceptionally heavy rainfall are said to overflow the low
harrier'of sand and pour down the Khudud depression.
Since we had left Qusuriyya about yi^Xi-p ook^
out^ had been' Vnaintained, partly to guard against sUiwse by
Harb Ateibah or Qahtan raiding party, - ^
re" as y l.aaie|r best "p-dT
was nothing tor it 1 1 ) t e reached the western
Khurma, still far oft. ben, t |e ^ toi y of Decem ber 20,
end of the Khudud depression on the aternoo ^ Nafu(lh in
we decided to push on across what rem ^ were
»-k. «; i,bv«. s..
were at the mercy of our surpnse cries of “ Sadiq,
Then followed a terrib ^ i nn iafi l l , p;rowls by the opposite
Sadiq!” being answered by angry^ ^ ex X{ u our business, in
party and fierce cha! leu ge.^ w l ent forward while the
response to which om ^ ^ vered w the ominous barrels,
rest of us stood where we werey ^ lt transpired
pending the outcom _ ^ ,i oartv belonged to a small
fortunately for us, tha c YQm Khunua to Shaqra. Moving
caravan bringing merehai 1 pection than we had displayed,
with greater caution and circumspection
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:34v, 36v:47v, 49v:53v, 56r:95v, 98r:132r, 133v:139v, 141r:149r, 150v:174v, 175v:184v, 186r:194v, 195v:196r, 197v, 199v:216v, 219r:233v, 234v:237v, 241r:245v, 248v:252v, 255v:258v, 260r:264v, 266r:275v, 279r:286v, 287v:313r, 316r:349v, 351r:352r, 354r, 355r:358r, 361r, 363r:365r, 366v:367v, 368v:369v, 370v:397v, 400r:412v, back-i
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