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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [327v] (663/834)
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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ruler of Wog’era, and Ras Kassa was | atrolling the Eritrean
frontier, where he was fighting a band of 100 Italian deserters.
Lij Yasu, with some Europeans and a force possessing guns
and machine guns, was reported to have arrived at either Adah
or Danakil with the intention of advancing on Addis Abbaba.
The general situation early in May was, according to the
reports, that Ras Seyyum was aiming at the throne, assisted by
forces inferior to those of the Government but possessing more
rifles, including many of Italian pattern captured from Has
Selassye. He was said to have the support of the local chiefs
and had with him 15 or 20 Dejaz (General-Governors). It was
thought that Ras Kassa would probably lend him support but
not Ras Gugsa. However, as cultivation was due to commence
in twenty days, no immediate action of any kind was anticipated.
^ A telegram from Addis Abbaba (April 25) states that three
different missions from that place left on April 24 for England,
France and Italy respectively. The mission to England, which
is said to have an autograph letter from the Empress to the King
and also a statement of the “ Abyssinian Demands,” is composed
Dejazmach (General-Governor) Nado,
Ato (Mr.) Herui,
Kantibar (Governor or Viceroy) Gafurn,
and intends to visit America after a short stay in London.
Dejazmach Nado has previously travelled in France and
byria (p. 40, Abyssinian Personalities). The names Herui and
Galurn are possibly telegraphic corruptions ; the latter may be
antibar Gabrou (p. 22, Abyssinian Personalities), who met the
Lake Isano mission and is known to have visited England
twice and to speak our language fluently.
Late Ne7.cs.
A telegram from Addis Abbaba, dated May 12, states that a
reconciliation has been effected between Ras Taffari and the
Minister of War, but it is believed to be merely artificial and
temporary.
Hejaz.
Two of the portable wireless telegraph sets taken at Medina
Jeddah 0 r P beei V nS l ta ed A the HejaZ Government at Yenbo and
anmrat.YTM J- ely > and . communication with the long-distance
w P as found f T jOajJgurated on April 28 . The personnel
s found from the Turkish wireless telegraph staff of Medina
and is reported to consist of Arabs only. This, however, is very
doubtful as enquiries made locally at 'the time of the surrender
the N vv , th6 Tui V h operators were drawn thorn
the Aavy, which has always excluded Arabs.
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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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