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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [338v] (685/834)
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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88 —
Medina.
A .—The Surrender Conditions
The terms under which the surrender of Medina was carried
out form a document not only of historic interest, but also one
that is likely to be needed for reference in the future, and it has
been decided, therefore, to insert the following outline of the
conditions as a record in the Bulletin. The clauses of more
than mere local importance are given in extenso.
Preamble.
Agreement for the Surrender o[ Medina.
In fulfilment of Article J6 of the Armistice concluded
between the Allied Governments and the Ottoman Government,
it is agreed between Emir Ali, acting on behalf of the Hashimite
Government, and Captain Garland, of British nationality, repre
senting the Allied Governments on the one part, and the officers
who have affixed their signatures to this document, acting on
behalf of the General Command in Medina, on the other part,
that Medina shall be evacuated and the Turkish forces disposed
of under the following conditions :
t JT 111 , vi , ew of the weak conditi °n of the officers and men
of the I urkish army evacuating Medina, Emir Ah will intercede
m the name of the Hashimite Government, with the Allied
Governments and endeavour to obtain the return of the Turkish
troops to their own country.
(2) Within the elapse of forty-eight hours from the signing
of these conditions, General Fakhri Eddin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
shall leave
Medina, accompanied by such senior officers as he may select
and proceed to the camp of Emir Ali at Bir Derwish, where
they shall be received and treated as honoured guests.
(3) Provides for the assembling in Medina of isolated
lurkish posts outside the city and on the Hejaz Railway, and
garrison C ° eC ^ 10n o£ arms al1 ' 1 ammunition by the evacuating
0) Provides for the handing over of all munitions and war
material m sound condition, under Article 13 of the general
Armistice conditions.
(o) Provides for Turkish and Arab committees for handiim
over of munitions and war material.
(6) Provides for handing over of Government animals
by means of the above committees.
i C 7 ) ^ erson al property of the Turkish officers and men,
that is, coins and valuables and personal objects, shall not suffer
any injury, and the owners shall be permitted to carry them
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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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