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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [350v] (709/834)
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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— 110 —
risk of a collapse of the whole Arab movement. Moreover, the
Idrisi’s arguments and prophecies when he was forced to withdraw
his troops, subsequently received this much confirmation : that
the Sherif was unable to hold the Qunfudah district, which soon
reverted to the Turks. The latter held Joz a few miles inland,
and Qunfudah remained an empty shell till the end of the war!
Two statements of the Idrisi, which should (unlike most
statements concerning territorial settlements in Arabia) be
capable of verification, have some bearing on the question of
the future of Qunfudah. They are, firstly, that the very sheikhs
who invited the Sherif to oust the Idrisi, afterwards helped the
Turks once more to oust the Sherif; and, secondly, that the
majority of the Qunfudah merchants, when forced to flee from
the ^ rks ^ refuge m Idrisian ports such as Hali and Birk.
he Qunludah question remained dormant from the time
rr , e district once more reverted to the Turks, until May,
1919, when Captain Fazl ud din reported that King Husein had
reoccupied Qunfudah, and that this was resented by the Idrisi
w o urged that, as he himself had been told not to move in that
ireotion pending territorial settlement, the King should be
simdarly restrained. Enquiries of Jeddah elicited the fact that
g Husein had probably sent some civilian officials, but not
from anv Qu j . nfudah - , Tlle q risiwas that he should refrain
m any action pending arbitration, and that the temporary
aueXon°of t by ^ “ would ^ct
question of its future ownership. The sending of a message
resulting 1 froin*tl ‘Vp 6 Kmg , was P ost P™ed until the agitation
resulting from the Khurma disaster should have died down
Resident ^den T 1 * 1118 Under ^ May 12 ’ to the Political
“ We Tn^ ^ Cla 7 ‘o Qunfudah.
charw of t s ’ tJi at, owing to our receiving
to that Dkce 1 e e k rkS ’ the P riority of our claim
Lpliance with th 8 ^ eater ’ kut we have ^t entered it in
parties (myself and thTsheS) shmildTefrlTn from SngR
manner ^ the Government in a fust
S Me Recently, however, some men on behalf of the Sherif
adherents htri^th d aCtU i. aHy a * Qmfudal1 ’ and though our
abstaTned from kk “ dlrect,ons ^rrounding Qunfudah, yet we
you We now stro k aCt, ° n Until we refer th o Matter to
,y • e now strongly represent this case to you.”
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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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- Title
- File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’
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- 350r:350v
- Author
- al-Idrīsī, Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī xx al-Idrisi, Sayyid Muhammad bin Ali
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