'File 61/13 I (D 133) Wahabis and Pilgrimage to Hedjaz'

IOR/R/15/1/575

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The record is made up of 1 volume (213 folios). It was created in 21 May 1923-2 Mar 1937. It was written in English and Arabic. 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 volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports relating to the Hajj pilgrimage to the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. (later British Legation) in Jeddah, the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Indian Office in London, the British Residencies in Bushire and Aden, the High Commissioners in Cairo and Baghdad, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, and Ibn Sa'ud.

Contained in the volume are the annual reports on the pilgrimage composed by the Agent in Jeddah for the years 1929-1935 inclusive. Each report consists of some or all of the following:

Other documents cover the following subjects:

  • the Hajj under King Hussein and the implications of a Wahhabi conquest of the Holy Cities;
  • an attack on Yemeni pilgrims by the Ikhwan in August 1923 and the subsequent fighting;
  • an Egyptian Medical Mission to Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina to assist with the pilgrimage;
  • Jeddah's water supply;
  • a new motor road between Medina and Najaf;
  • Japanese interest in the pilgrim trade;
  • the formation and progress of a National First-Aid Society in the Hejaz and Nejd;
  • the religious tolerance of the Wahhabis, specifically the kissing of the Black Stone in Mecca.

At the back of the volume (folios 205-206) are internal office notes.

Extent and format
1 volume (213 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover, the numbers written in pencil, circled, and 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 only irregularities are the first three folios (ff 1A-1C).

Fold-out folio: f 2.

There is an inconsistent and incomplete pagination sequence that is also written in pencil but is not circled.

Written in
English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
Type
Archival file

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Original held at
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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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/R/15/1/575
Former external reference(s)
A Series: 61/13 I Confidential Series: D 133

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Date(s)
21 May 1923-2 Mar 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

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