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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [400v] (809/834)
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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92
Zeidis cut their communications, and they had to retire on Jebel
Zahar after losing three men and two mules.
1 ‘ Sheikh Nasr Mabkhut, the paramount Sheikh of the
Hashid, has given me the following account of the occupation
Hajjah by the Idrisi troops :—
About three months ago, Seyyid Yahya Shaibani, the
Imam s Amil in Hajjah, was called by the Imam to Sanaa. He
has long been in secret communication with the Idrisi through
Nasr Mabkhut, and has always expressed his goodwill towards
him. About a fortnight ago, news was received in Hajjah that
the Imam had put Seyyid Yahya in chains and imprisoned him
in the fort of Sanaa. On hearing this, Shaibani’s brother wrote a
letter to Husein ibn Nasr (Nasr Mabkhut’s eldest son) asking him
to send a force of Hashids and occupy Hajjah on behalf of the
Idrisi before the arrival of the new Amil. Just at this time
Mohammed Ghalib el Qudemi (chief of the Kharif—a sub-tribe of
Hashid), with 500 men of his tribe, was coming to Hodeidah to
join the Idrisi s army in the south, and was encamped near
Hajjah. Husein Nasr therefore communicated with Qudemi and,
advancing together on Hajjah, they occupied it. Seyyid Ahmed
Jahiz has been nominated as the Amil of Hajjah by the Idrisi,
and Sheikh Nasr Mabkhut has been appointed General of Idrisi’s
forces in those parts.
As Hajjah is the chief centre of Zeidis, and only two days
journey from Sanaa, the Imam is certain to exert himself to the
utmost to retake the place. The Hashid country being so near
the whole of the Idrisi’s force on this side will consist of the
Hashid and Bakil, and the campaign will be managed by Nasr
mabkliut with the money and ammunition of the Idrisi. Thus
the long cherished desire of Nasr Mabkhut to take the field
against the Imam personally is being realized.”
Captain Faziluddin reports the capture of Jebel Buraa bv
the Idrisi troops, and concludes : “ It is needless to point out that
He events m Yemen are progressing at a very rapid rate and are
assuming a serious aspect. The attitude of the Tihamah
towards each of the contending parties has now been fullv exposed
2ufdi: m deK:“ e that our polioy m the matter in
Further details of King Husein’s abortive effort at establish-
Zt r y°! ut 7 a yy ove ™t at Ebhah (, ee page 72) have now
SWif H ^Yilr aP P earS tha * * he Idrisi A § ent at Ebha h.
hn h Ha d el y azm b was driven from his headquarters by a
bomb outrage engineered by Hassan ibn Aidh, and had to move to
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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.
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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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