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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [119r] (246/834)
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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— H7 —
ARABIA.
North-West.
Intelligence.
Northern Area.
A report has been received from Sherif Zeid of an engage
ment near Kalaat-el-Hasa on February 25, between a small force
of Arabs and a German cavalry patrol, in which the enemy was
eventually forced to withdraw with a loss, according to the report,
of thirty men killed.
At the beginning of March considerable enemy forces, which
had been concentrating at Kerak, Hasa and Jurf ed-Derwish, left
those places and marched in the direction of Fafila, which they
occupied about a week later. I heir advance was delayed by the
energetic action of Zeid’s Huweitat and Beni Sakhr, who
harassed their lines of communication. I he Sherifians, however,
were unable to withstand the attacking columns, which were
estimated at three Turkish infantry battalions, two squadrons of
Mule Mounted Infantry and a few German infantry and cavalry,
with eight guns and two machine-gun companies. On the 10 th,
Sherif Zeid telegraphed that after heavy fighting, his army had
been obliged to evacuate Tafila and had taken up a defensive line
at Shobek.
On March 3 and 5, Kalaat el-Aneizeh was bombed by
British aeroplanes, and several successful raids have been made
on enemy encampments and concentrations along the railway.
On the 7 th Maan was bombed by four aeroplanes, and direct hits
were made on the engine sheds and telegraph station.
herif Abdullah's Operations.
Further details have been received of the engagement near
.bu Naam reported on page 68 . The Arabs, commanded
Jxlullah Mudaifi, camped during the preceding nig * neai A
i Bella intend!no' to move at dawn against the railway and t
estix y com leteh the train which had been wrecked on
an nary 31 (U page 36). When they began to saddle up,
ov ever they found that they were practically surrounded In a
Tirkish’ force which, as afterwards ascertained, had been
urriedly bromdit up from Hediyah by Fakhreddm. It consisted
£ about 400 Turks, "200 Arabs under Ibn Kashy four gunsand six
aachine guns. Considerable confusion
nemv’s fire but the fighting quality of Abdullah s bedouins
S thal o£ their IcaArs-has considerabl^nnpro^ dun.ig
he last few months, anc no jiamc see ^ Erwa Juheinah,
ituation was saved by the am 1 v . Turks and
nhabitants of the district, w 10 came up ma de
ired into them. This timely diversion caused to be n
n the enemy cordon and enabled most o£ Mudaih s men
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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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