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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [187v] (383/834)
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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202 —
Sinai.
Durino- the latter part of May we had a patrol out in the
Mukhsheib 0 district in chase of a gang of seven brigands, led by
one Shabluk, whose centre is Moghara where some rifles are
hidden. They operate against the flocks of local Bedouins as they
move from pasture to pasture. The patrol was successful in cap
turing four of the band, with seven rifles and some ammunition,
as well as a deserter from the Egyptian Labour Corps.
Libya.
Submarine landings at Sirt and Misrata are still reported,
and important Turks with German officers are said to have been
disembarked in May. The desertion of G 1131 el-Sudani,
with some hundreds of men, from Seyyid Mohammed Idris to
Seyyid Ahmed, is confirmed.
' ‘ In other respects Seyyid Mohammed Idris seems to be
keeping his end up. The raiding party which he sent out last
February towards Fezzan under Shushan el-Garm, has returned
to Jedabia with 300 camels and 600 sheep, besides a lot of
Turkish gold coin. These were taken from the Hasana Arabs
of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Shiyati. n .
News from Jaghbub says that food is short, and there is no
communication with Siwa. ' The present population of mixed
Hassa, Dorsa, Harabi (or Abeidat) Arabs and Sudanese, is about
500 souls. The Senussi school is open and has about 100
pupils, old and young.
The Italians have had a respite from the larhuna since
Suleiman Baruni went to Constantinople; but not from the
attacks of Sheikh Sof ben Guma at Zanzur, Zawia, Gargarese,
etc. Ramadan Shitewi is finding his Bedouins desert to Seyyffi
Ahmed or Seyyid Mohammed Idris, the former of whom is
increasing in influence, owing to Turkish support.
Armenians and Arabs.
The following is the translation of a telegram sent to King
' Husein by Boghos Nubar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, President of the Armenian
Delegation in Paris.
“ To His Majesty the most illustrious King of the Hejaz :—
I am filled with gratitude and overwhelmed by the favour
Your Majesty has deigned to show in expressing to me your
valuable sympathy with the Armenian people and declaring, in
terms not less lofty than impressive, that Your Majesty associates
the Armenian cause with the noble cause of the Arabs who, faith
ful to the sacred law of their religion, are fighting under Your
Majesty’s aegis, for the oppressed and for the triumph of justice
and liberty. The Armenians will cherish for all time the memory
of the help and the kindness of Your Majesty who, having pity
on their sufferings, struggle for their deliverance. May God
preserve the precious life of Your Majesty and crown it with all
His blessings! ”
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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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