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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [384v] (777/834)
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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sonality, aims and views to those of his hated rival in the Hejaz,
whom he at all times studiously refrains from addressing as
King.
The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrein, reported on April 27 that
Ibn Saud had written to him reporting the arrival of a mission
from Emir Feisal at Damascus with an autograph letter request
ing friendship, and offering help towards settling Ibn Baud’s
dispute with King Husein. At the same time he had received
from the Arab Nationalist Committee of Damascus a pamphlet
of violently anti-British tone praising the Bolshevists as the
champions of Islam.
In reply, Ibn Sand sent a conciliatory letter, in which,
while maintaining that King Hussein had always been the
aggressor, he expressed a keen desire to arrive at an agreement.
He added that the Koran and the Traditions of the Prophet
must be the arbiter of any religious differences bur that territorial
and political disputes could only be settled by mutual good will
and through the mediation of His Majesty’s Government.
A sir.
Deports from Captain Faziluddin and from Seyyid Mustapha
confirm the news of the Idrisi’s low financial condition. The
Idrisi considers that his subsidy from the British Government
should be restored and that it is unfair that we should heavily
subsidize King Husein and give him nothing at all.
In a recent letter to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Aden, he states
that Ibn Sand has progressed considerably in Shahran, and that
King Husein is carrying on propaganda of an anti-Idrisi and anti-
Ibn Baud nature amongst the Central Arabian tribes, most of
whom are partisans of the Idrisi himself or of Ibn Baud.
The Idrisi views Ibn Baud’s progress with complaisance and
extols the latter’s treatment of the tribes under his protection.
He has asked that King Husein should be restrained in his pro
paganda.
Ibn Baud’s penetration south-eastwards along the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Shahran, leading towards Ebhah, and even Sabbia, is of more
than passing interest.
The Idrisi has always looked upon the Emir of Riadh with
favour, a feeling which is not altogether explicable, except that,
like Ibn Baud, the Idrisi is a religious recluse and is revered as
such. If this friendship should culminate in an alliance, it is
certain to be directed against King Husein, and it will result in
the appearance of Ikhwanism on the Red Sea Coast, thus com-
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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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