File 705/1916 Pt 2 'Arab revolt: Arab reports; Sir M Sykes' reports' [‎121r] (239/450)

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ARABIAN REPORT.
N.S. No. XL September 27, 1916 {night).
Contents.
PART I.
Arab Movement—General Situation.
The Sherif of Mecca.
Capture of Taif.
Other Operations.
Arab Prisoneis for the Sherif.
Other Help for the Sherif.
The Sheri Ps Stamps.
French Mission to the Sherif.
The Haj.
The Sherif and the Moslems of the Far East.
Idrisi of Asir.
Ibn Saud.
Ibn Rashid.
Maskat.
Bahrein.
Koweyt.
PART IF
Political Events in the Fields of Operations.
Aden.
Caucasus.
PART III.
Miscellaneous.
Syria.
The Arab Bureau.
Trade with Jeddah.
Javanese Pilgrims in Mecca.
Turkish Designs in Red Sea Littoral.
Gazetteer of Arabia.
APPENDIX (A).
Letters to Sherif from the Shaykhs of Koweyt and
Mohammerah.
APPENDIX (B).
Circulation of Vernacular Paper in Lower Meso
potamia.
APPENDIX (C).
The Independent Chiefs of Eastern Arabia.
APPENDIX (D).
Public Opinion in Egypt.
APPENDIX (E).
Rebellion against the Sultan of Maskat.
APPENDIX (F).
Miscellaneous Cuttings from the Press.
The Port Said Air Raid.
The “Reasonable Programme” of Italian
Nationalism.
Enemy Propaganda in England.
APPENDIX (G).
Letter from Idrisi to the Resident at Aden.
PART I.
ARAB MOVEMENT—GENERAL SITUATION.
THE following is the report of a number of interviews between Sir Mark Sykes
and the two Arab officers who have been sent to England by the Grand Duke Nicholas,
and whose descriptions are as follows :—
Name. —Shukri.
Family name. —Shurbaji.
Age. —24.
Place of birth. —Damascus.
Father's name. —Mahmoud Bey Shurbaji.
Father’s rank.- —Lieutenant-Colonel: retired. Formerly Commandant of Sivas.
Mother s family. —Tamar.
Junior Captain, 4th Battalion, 1st Regiment, 2nd Division, 13th Corps.
Where educated .—Damascus Lazarist College and Reole Nationale d’Agriculture
de Grignon, Seine et Oise.
Was in London on short holiday in 1911.
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