'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.' [30r] (65/80)
The record is made up of 1 volume (40 folios). It was created in 22 Oct 1925-9 Mar 1928. 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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5. It is hoped that the introduction of this new
coinage at a fixed rate of exchange will eliminate the
vagaries of exchange from which the hejaz has suffered
of recent years. The supply of silver and nickel coins has
invariaoly fallen short of the needs of the country during
tne oilgrimage with the result that as few as one hundred
and ninety piastres as against the normal rate of two
hundred and twenty were at times obtainable for one pound
gold and the temptation to hoard silver coins has been
great in the certain knowledge that a good profit can be
made thereon in the season.
6. a translation of the regulation under reference
is transmitted herewith together with designs of the new
silver coinage.
I have <ScC .,
(Signed) F .h .W. Stonehewer Bird.
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams and reports concerning events in the Hejaz. The correspondence is between the Colonial Office, the 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. , the Foreign Office, 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 Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the British Consulate in Jeddah, and the Government of India.
The subjects covered in the volume are two Indian Muslim delegations that travel to the Hejaz for talks with Ibn Sa'ud, the abdication of 'Ali, Hussein's arrival in Iraq, and new coinage introduced in Najd-Hejaz.
Included is a report by S. R. Jordan, the acting Agent in Jeddah, on the activities of one of the Indian delegations (folio 18), and a copy of the regulation for the new coinage (folios 31-34).
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- 1 volume (40 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio, begins with 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, and then proceeds as normal from 2 through to 37 on the inside back cover. 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. It should be noted that there is no f 19, the number 19 is written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. side of f 18.
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- Title
- 'File 61/11 III (D 66) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:18v, 20r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence