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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [117v] (243/834)
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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— 84
The only man who stands aloof from these intrigues is
Fitaurari Hapta Giorgis. It was believed at one time that he
would be made Prime Minister with a full measure of power,
but probably he has refused to take office until he sees how
the situation is likely to develop.
The Government is supposed to be short of money and
ammunition. The cartridge
factory
An East India Company trading post.
has remained closed for
months owing to a quarrel with the Director, and even if it
reopens there is only sufficient material for 100,000 cartridges.
The shortage of ammunition, however, would not in itself
prevent the Abyssinians from resisting invasion, as the soldiers
are willing to go into action with a mere handful of cartridges,
trusting in their swords and clubbed rifles. A Treasury official
recently admitted the shortage of money as well ; but he added
that the treasure buried at the Gebbi by the Emperor Menelik
remained intact, and was to be used for the purchase of goods
for the army in the event of invasion.
Fighting has taken place in Tigre, and lias Seyyum and
lias Guksa, the two principal Tigrean chiefs who have been
detained in Adis Abeba for months past, have left for then-
provinces. Reports from Tigre are contradictory as usual ; the
last is that Dejaz Kassa attacked his uncle by order of Ras
Taffari and defeated him.
Owing to raids made by the Danakils in Italian territory,
the Eritrean Government sent troops to the border, and the
Italian Minister at Adis Abeba warned the Abyssinian Govern
ment that he would hold them responsible for the consequences.
About two months ago a Danakil force attacked the Italians and
were utterly defeated, a hundred of them being killed including
an Abyssinian Fitaurari. lias Taffari has expressed his
unqualified regret to Count Colli, but is obviouslv incapable of
controlling the Danakils.
Abyssinia is more than ever in a state of chaos, and perhaps
the principal cause is the dual control of the Empress and the
Ras, from which the intrigues of the Ministers spring. Pas
Taffari, though patriotic, is too weak to carry the Ministers with
him. He would probably like to relinquish his post and retire
to the quiet of Harrar, were he not obstinate enouo-h to desire
to see the end.
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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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