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File 705/1916 Pt 2 'Arab revolt: Arab reports; Sir M Sykes' reports' [56r] (109/450)
The record is made up of 1 item (245 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1918-24 Mar 1919. 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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Printed for the Committee of Imperial Def
1
SECSET.
ence.
5141
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A TSfA BIA N ~ R EPO IIT.
N.S. No. XX. December 6, 1916 (night).
For Reference only.
Contents.
rin . PART I.
1 he btienf of Mecca.
The Sirdar’s Report.
Report of the Arab Bureau.
The Sherif’s Title.
The Sherif and the Shaykhs.
Protest against Turkish Cruelties.
Bank at Jeddah.
Property of the Ottoman Public Debt Administration.
Ibn baud.
Mascat.
PART If.
f olitical Notes from the Fields of Operations.
Aden.
The Caucasus.
Lower Mesopotamia.
PART IIL
Miscellaneous.
Syria.
Afghan Gossip about the Sherif.
Enver
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Moslem Prisoners for the Turks.
APPENDIX.
Cuttiugs and Notes from the Press.
PART I.
THE SHERIF OF MECCA.
The
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
s Report.
The
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
telegraphed [No. 57] on the 4th December a summary of recent news.
A deserter stated that the Turkish forces at Ma’an and Ed-Dera’a had been reinforced
from the Canal area. The lurks remained inactive. The Arabs were in good spirits ;
they had had several successful skirmishes, raiding a convoy between Bir Derwish and
Medina, and cutting Turkish communications between El Ala and ^Vbjh. However
on the 6th December he (the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
) telegraphed as follows
“ [No. 61.]
“Reports ol the 3rd December from Yenbo and Rabegh state that Djemal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
arrived at Medina lately, and Turks from Bir Abbas have occupied Hamra
and Bir Said.
“ Faisal’s plans against railway at Medain Salih and Wejh suspended on this
account, and he and mam body of his Arabs have retired to a point 25 miles east
of Yenbo. Turkish intentions are not clear, but it' Turks are prepared to take
risks to their lines of communication by an advance on Yenbo or Rabegh local
Arab forces at these places are incapable of resistance without assistance of regular
troops.
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