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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [404v] (817/834)
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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The Imam has not yet taken any steps to withdraw his troops
from Protectorate territory in accordance with the request sent
to him by the Resident, Aden, and there are indications that he
does not propose to do so. His agents recently arrived at Thnmir
(Tamer ?).
Latest Information.
A Turkish Mulazim who recently arrived at Aden from
Sanaa for repatriation stated that he was certain that if our
troops were only to advance as far as Mawia, the actual fighting
would be done by the Arabs themselves. They are, he asserted,
praying for the advent of the British into the A emen, and he
added that no stories of the Imam’s intention to attack the
British camp should be believed. The Zeidis were afraid of the
British.
On the other hand, a Yuzbashi Jaudat Effendi, who also
passed through Aden for return to Turkey, stated that the Imam
was bent on conquering the Aden Hinterland, and he expected
an attack to be made almost immediately.
The Haushabi Sultan continues to send in alarming reports
of Zeidi movements on his borders, but the latest information
from Aden indicates that there has been no unusual activity
during the past few weeks.
Turkey.
It is reported from Constantinople that at a certain meeting
of nationalist officers at Erenkeui on February 20, it was
decided to send certain officers to Syria under the leadership of
Major Kemal Bey. This officer is said to have left for Angora
after the meeting. He is reported to have taken with him a
considerable sum in gold, and to be proceeding to Medina, after
approaching the Wahabi Arabs with a view to their co-operation
with the Nationalist forces. He is said to be a capable officer
who has had considerable experience of Arabia and the Arabs,
and has been employed in both a military and a civilian capacity
in that country. He is well known in Arab literary circles, and
is held in especial esteem by the Arab Ulema.
The Muwahidin Society.
This newly-formed pan-Islamic Society claims to possess
branches at Cairo, Tantah, Jerusalem, Beyrout, Baalbek, Homs,
Damascus, Haifa, Aleppo, Baghdad, Nejef, and Koweit.
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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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