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'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [‎12r] (23/536)

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The record is made up of 1 file (266 folios). It was created in Jul 1931-Dec 1934. 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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83. The increasing difficulties of shipping manumitted Abyssinian slaves
to Massowa for repatriation (See March-April Report, paragraph 64) came
to a head in July, when the Eritrean authorities communicated impossible
terms through the Italian Consul in Jedda. These terms effectively closed
the Massowa route.
84. Luckily the Abyssinian Government were induced by His Majesty’s
Legation at Addis Ababa to interest themselves in the libration and repatria
tion of two Ethiopian boys sold while on pilgrimage, one of whom succeeded
in escaping to this Legation. They were repatriated in August direct to
Jibuti and may serve to mark this route for regular use for this purpose in
future.
85. For the first time in its life the Hejazi Government co-operated with
His Majesty’s Government and implemented Article 7 of the Jedda Treaty
of 1927. They sought out the other boy in Mecca, held courts of enquiry,
sent him to the Legation for repatriation, and followed him up with a full
report 'plus a request that the Abyssinian Government be invited to force their
slave-trading subject to refund eighty pounds, the proceeds of his sale to his
(Hejazi client.
86 . There was less inclination shown in investigating a case that had a
similar complexion and concerned one of the Sanusi family, who came on pil
grimage from the Sudan and was remarked to have returned there without
having his black attendants. Pressed, however, by His Majesty’s Minister,
Fuad Bey Hamza made enquiries and reported in July that the two had left
Mecca for Lith and Massawa, which tallied with the Legation’s independent
information.
IX. MISCELLANEOUS..
87. Visitors .—His Highness the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Bahawalpur paid a rapid
visit to the Holy Places of Islam in July.
Mr. Twitchell visited Jedda again at the end of July. His work has
already been referred to in paragraph 12.
Marconi’s expert, Mr. Boucicault, left Jedda at the beginning of
August to rig wireless at Tabuk, but at the end of August he still lay half
way at Wejh and calling for petrol.
88 . Staff .—Sir Andrew Ryan went on leave on July 19. Mr. Hope Gill
became Chargd d’Affaires.
Mr. Furlonge was given a fortnight’s sick-leave on August 26, to re
cuperate at Erkowit in the Sudan.
The second Archivist, Captain Lewis, left on July 23, for two months
special leave in England.
89. Before leaving His Majesty’s Minister drafted his detailed recom
mendations to the Government of India for the complete reorganisation of
the Indian and Medical sections of the Legation, with a view to its taking
effect as from 1st January, 1932.

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The file contains intelligence reports on the Kingdom of Hejaz, Najd and its Dependencies (after September 1932, Saudi Arabia) written by the British Legation at Jeddah.

Between July 1931 and December 1932 the reports are issued every two months, with the exception of the January-March 1932 and April 1932 reports. From January 1933 the reports are sent on a monthly basis.

Between July 1931 and December 1932, each report is divided into sections, numbered with Roman numerals from I to IX, as follows: Internal Affairs; Frontier Questions; Relations with States outside Arabia; Air Matters; Military Matters; Naval Matters; Pilgrimage; Slavery; and Miscellaneous. Each section is then further divided into parts relating to a particular matter or place, under a sub-heading. Some reports contain an annex.

From January 1933, when the reports become monthly, they take a new format. Each is divided into sections, as follows: Internal Affairs; Frontier Questions and Foreign Relations in Arabia; Relations with Powers Outside Arabia; Miscellaneous (often containing information on slavery and the pilgrimage).

Most reports are preceded by the covering letters from the Government of India, who distributed them to Political Offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and elsewhere, and the original covering letter from the Jeddah Legation, who would send them to the Government of India and Government departments in London. From May 1933, most reports were sent directly to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain from Jeddah.

Up until January 1933, each report began with an index giving a breakdown of the sections with references to the corresponding paragraph number. From January 1933 onwards no index is included.

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1 file (266 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are 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. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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