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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [367r] (742/834)
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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but since the decadence of the Hail Emirate they have favoured
Ibn Baud.
The Shallawah frequent
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Khurma and Tarabah. The
majority favour Wahabism, and are more under the influence of
Nejd than Mecca. It is said that this tribe is a section of the
Huqah sub-division of the Ateibah. They are, with the Sebei
and Buqum, sandwiched between their rivals, the Ateibah and
the Qahtan, in the south-west of Nejd, and quite possibly this
arbitrary position between these powerful neighbours is largely
responsible for the good fellowship existing between all three
tribes. The Qahtan are said to be mostly Wahabi, and their
influence is greater than that of the Ateibah.
The town of Khurma contains about 4,000 to 5,000 inhabi
tants, and is occupied chiefly by Sebei tribesmen, though there
is said to be a small colony of the Beni Zeid. The remainder are
Shallawah. Very little appears to be known regarding the
Beni Zeid, but it is reported to be of Qahtan stock.
H. Goldie.
Arab Bureau Note.
The foregoing account should be compared with that given
by Mr. Philby in the 1918 Volume (page 74).
A Conversation with Emir Abdulla.
In a conversation with Colonel Wilson, Emir Abdullah said
that the Sebei tribe had remained loyal, and its head-sheikh,
Mishari ibn Nasir, had stayed at the Emir’s headquarters
throughout the Khurma trouble. The Buqum Sheikhs of Tarabah
had also sent deputies, since the removal of the Nejd forces from
there, to inform Abdullah that they were ready to join the King
as soon as an adequate Sherifian force should arrive at Tarabah
to restore the situation. Emir Abdullah asserted that Ibn Sand
was aiming at the suzerainty of Arabia. The Bedouin were
hypnotized by the vehement preaching of Ikhwan missionaries,
and this fact, coupled with the desire of the Arabs for freedom
of movement and trade between Hejaz and Nejd, is responsible
for the success which has attended Ibn Baud’s efforts to extend
his following. In Abdullah’s opinion Ibn Saud has the intention
of organizing a great Wahabi revival and of becoming lord over
all the territory once held by his ancestor.
With regard to the alleged Husein—Ibn Rashid rapproche
ment, Abdullah said the only definite arrangement that had
been made against Ibn Saud was during the latter stages of the
Medina siege, when Ibn Rashid agreed to attack Ibn Saud in the
rear and flank, should the latter attempt to advance 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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