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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [393r] (794/834)
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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and fickle character. He has sought British protection, but
accepted the post oi Kaimmakam of the Beit el Faq
under the Imam after the departure of the Turks and all d
himself with the Quhrah sheikhs m their seizure of the Jacob
Mission, thereafter playing a double game m tlle § . ;bal
for the Mission’s release. Sheikh Munasar ran counter
feeling and rejected the advances of the Idnsi at the en ’
but H is said that he has since found himself compelled to
declare in favour of the Idrisi. m
The clans of the Zaraniq el Shami are . Beni Maruf Mash
Qabasieh, Saradihah, Beni Suhail, Beni Juneid, Beni Bahidir,
Qawabi, Maraibah, Shejab, Maaidah fi hti men
The Zaraniq el Yemam can muster about 6,000 fighting me .
Hassan Yahya Hiba Fashiq is the head sheikh, and his nephew^
Hassan Mohammed Yahya Fashiq, has an important place
tribal affairs. The Sheikh, who lives at Husemi^ah, north
Zabid, is a man of more stable character than Shmkh Munasan
He is opposed to the Imam and m alliance with the Wrisi, an
took no part in the plot for the imprisonment of the Jacob M ssio
his feelings towards the British Government being of friendly
character.^ ^ ^ Zaraniq el Yemani are : Beni Maruf^Mah-
mub, Habili, Arjash, Kuneid SAail Sheikh Fas ^ ^ ’
Tammam, Ghawanim, Maanr, Maradifah, Quaibil, Mayalusti,
Tha T^ following are the clans of the Jab on the coas^
Ashram, Habalieh, Kashanieh, Mahjub, Jamal, Karaima ,
Marazikah, Seif, Ghawanim. M^amilnh are
Major Meek adds that the Jahbah and Mujamilah
separate tribes and not clans of the Zaraniq, as stated in the
“ Yemen Handbook.
notes.
Syria.
At a Syrian Congress which assembled at Damascus on
March 8 Emir Feisal was crowned King of Syria (including
Palestine), whilst Emir Abdullah was prodaimed &ng of Me S °po-
tamia. The proceedings were orderly, and ^e D r ,
Lebanese and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch took no part
them The occupying powers of Syria and Mesopotamia were
disowned, and it^was^announced that Emir Zeid would shortly
proceed to Baghdad to act as Regent for Abdullah.
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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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