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'File 61/11 II (D 42) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz' [192r] (398/622)
The record is made up of 1 volume (307 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1924-10 Jul 1925. It was written in English and French. 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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is only 36 , &&& to make it prel fcy oaxtair tiiat the
caxg 1111:1 &***% S«t fa* outside the wir«, aliio* there
are patches of loo®® sand every where on the desert and
the wheels are ordinary narrow single lorry vheele with
solid tire®- However, two have been fitted up, and one
of them manage® to run at 8 or 10 mil#® m hour on the
hard roads of the towr^ • ' ^
3. Of the ai* aem^i who left Jedd&h ifter a very hort
stay beoawsa they oould not ag^rte with the Hajaa Goverriaseiit
about their pay, one returned from Cairo, He aaya that
he saw the German representative there asid obtained
peMl^ticm to accept an engagement with the He^a*
Governuie^t in a technical capacity. Hi • return probably
ha.? aomethi0g to do with the armoured oars, Hs has been
workiiig oa them with three other German-./ who arrived od
February §th. He gives hi , *me as Willi Beiersdorff,
and says he is * Barlirier .and .an e^~offioer,
4. A the 8#|ai Govemaieeit refused to allow them to go
to Bin Baud umlethey first recoupiwed indepeRdenoe
of the 8e|aa under King ^11 as the basla of nogotiaticaie,
the Indian deputation, after ooa .ulting tha Caliphate
Committee by tel ~r£T:m, l&it Jed4;ih for India, via Lum,
on January 30th. The Caliphate OmMittee •eem to be
very angry at the attitude of the Hejaa Govemaeat, but
in view of the -admittedly hostile view, of tha Co&ffiittee
King Ali sea®^ to have acted more gerterously than most
governments would have done in uoh oireuMstai:oe.::: he
would have been Justified in putting the delegates into
prism md preventing them from coming into contact with
the people.
5. Tha Shaikh ul IcXaa of Cairo hafe telegraphed to the
King (addressing him, it may be noticed,, a,. 11 His Majeety
King
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the situation in the Hejaz at the time, with Ali entrenched in Jeddah and Ibn Sa'ud's Ikhwan in Mecca. The majority of the correspondence is between Reader Bullard, the British Agent in Jeddah, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Aden, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, the Colonial and Foreign Offices, both in London, the High Commissioner in Jerusalem, the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud himself, or his representatives.
Running through the volume and forming its backbone are several reports by Bullard about the situation on the ground in Jeddah. Around these, much of the papers relate to the question of who will govern the Holy Places of Mecca and Medina once Ali finally leaves.
Other subjects covered in the volume are:
- The motivations and movements of St John Philby and Rosita Forbes;
- The actions of the Wahabi attackers;
- British concern with Indian Muslim opinion on the state of affairs;
- the prospect of a safe Hajj that year;
- reports of Soviet influence in the area;
- what to do about ex-King Hussein.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (307 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio of writing and continues through to the inside back cover. The first four folios are marked 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, and then proceed as normal from 2 onwards. The numbers are written in pencil, 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.
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- IOR/R/15/1/565
- Title
- 'File 61/11 II (D 42) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:15v, 16v:18v, 19v:92v, 93v:99v, 100v:303v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence