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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [323r] (654/834)
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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The advanced Sherifian forces under Sherif Shakir are at
Sulubba (not on map) and are said to consist of 2,000 Bedouin,
chiefly Hudheil, the Thubeit sub-tribe of the Ateibah, and some
of the Sebek.
Emir Abdullah’s force, which was to have left Asheirah on
April 10 to join Shakir, consists of 60 officers, 770 other ranks
and about 3,500 Bedouin, with 8 mountain guns, 16 machine guns
and 8 automatic rifles.
Husein Effendi Ruhi has sent in a very carefully complied
list of the sub-tribes of the Buqum and Seber who inhabit the
Khurma district and copies will be issued to all concerned in due
course.
Later News.
Since going to press a telegram has been received from
Jeddah (May 9, 1919) conveying a report submitted by Emir
Abdullah to the King on recent events near Khurma
The Emir states that Wahabis attacked and looted Qasasmah r
and Mahadlah Arabs (Ruqah section o£ Ateibah) at Degheibjah,
carrying off the wife and daughter of the head Sheikh and many
animals. Hearing of the raid, a detached force of Abdullah s at
Abaab, about 45 miles south of Degheibjah, pursued the raiders
but failed to overtake them. However, they surprised another
enemy party advancing to attack a Sherifian post at El Mardamah,
about 75 miles north of Khurma, killing thirty-one, and captuung
man *At Radheim (believed to be west of Khurma but its exact
position is not exactly known) a patrol sent out by Abdullah
towards Khurma found a large Wahabi camp and threw hand-
grenades amongst the sleeping enemy, who fled leaving thirty-four
killed and wounded.
The King stated that Abdullah was about to advance his
headquarters to El Gfheraif, some 70 miles south-west of Khurma.
The actions reported will certainly irritate Ibn baud, who,
no doubt, will blame Abdullah as the aggressor. It was hoped
that the pressure which Baghdad is putting upon him would
convince him that his wisest policy is to withdraw his support
entirely from Emir Khalid and leave the King free to deal wit i
that “ rebel,” but a telegram from Baghdad (May 10) states that
Ibn Saud is proceeding to his western frontier ostensibly to
quieten his tribesmen/ It is very doubtful, however, whether
Emir Abdullah will look upon the move in this light and news of
more fighting may be expected before long.
Ibn Saud and Khurma.
As was not unexpected, Emir Abdullah’s advance in force
towards Khurma, and his meeting with the King, are causing
some consternation in the Wahabi camps. Ibn Saud has recent y
written a letter (April 20) to the
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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.
- 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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