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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [140v] (289/834)
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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rock, it would I think be worth while to collect more specimens,
selecting those which show yellow metallic specks most abun
dantly, and have them assayed for gold. If the rock is, as I
fancy, from a fault zone it may easily have been impiegnated
with gold from solutions circulating in the fault.
Population of Baghdad.
It has not yet been possible to take an exact census of the
inhabitants of Baghdad but from the estimates made in connection
with rationing the Civil population the figures appear to be
approximately as follows :—
105,292 Rusafah (Left bank) ... 80,292
Karkh (Right bank) ... 25,000
... 50,206
8,230 Composed of :—
Chaldeans ... ... 4,817
163,728 Syrians _ ... 1,381
r— Gregorian Armenians ... 988
(of whom 341 are refugees).
Armenian Catholics ... 353
Roman Catholics (Latin) 225
Protestants ... ... 156
Greek Catholics ... 130
Jacobites ... ... 580
The latest Turkish estimates available (see Bulletin 66) give
a much higher figure which for purposes of comparison is given
here :—
Moslems ... ... ... 110,000 Composed of Arabs ... 101,200
Kurds ... 8,000
Persians ... 800
Jews ... ... ... 80,000
Christians 12,000
202,000
The discrepancy is no doubt due in part to the inaccuracy
of Turkish figures, but chiefly to emigration and the wastage of
war. For example, in the reduction by 30,000 of the Jewish
population which, if the Turkish estimate was approximately
correct, has to be explained, some 10,000 are known to have gone
to Basrah since the conquest of Baghdad while a large number
escaped from Baghdad while it was still in. Turkish hands.
The pre-war population of Kadhimain and Adhamiyah was
set at 25,000 for the former (Arabs 10,000, Persians 15,000),
and 8,000 for the latter. The Kadhimain figure seems to be
largely in excess of the present population which in December 1917
was reckoned for supply purposes at 13,500, plus babes in arms
who were not included. This is a liberal estimate. The present
population of Adhamiyah is probably not more than 5,000.
The inhabitants of Kadhimain are all Shiah Mohammedans,
those of Adhamiyah all Sunnis.
Moslems ....
Jews
Christains...
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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.
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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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- Ball, John
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