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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS Name Cairo Intelligence Department, Arab Bureau, 1916-1920

1. IOR/L/PS/10/576/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/576/1
Title:
File 4744/1915 Pt 1 'German War - Arabia. The Arab Bureau at Cairo'
Scope & Content:
The papers concern the establishment and work of the Arab Bureau at Cairo, a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department, which was set up to co-ordinate Arabian and Islamic intelligence in the face of German and Turkish propaganda, which had been making rapid headway in the region during the F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1915-6 Mar 1918
Extent:

1 item

2. IOR/L/PS/10/657

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/657
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 1 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 1 to 65’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin numbers 1-65 produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo. 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 ‘...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 volume (616 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/658
Title:
File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’
Scope & 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 M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1920
Extent:
1 volume (411 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/20/235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/235
Title:
‘ARAB TRIBES OF THE BAGHDAD WILAYAT’
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled Arab Tribes of the Baghdad Wilayat [vilayet], and is a British intelligence document on the tribes living in the area around the city of Baghdad. It was compiled in July 1918 by the Arab Bureau, Baghdad (the Arab Bureau was a section of the Cairo Intelligence Department es...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 volume (147 folios)