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'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [33r] (65/536)
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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understood His Majesty’s Government’s attitude, he was obliged to look for
personnel elsewhere. This was not the first little rift in tne lute, but it
oegan to aftect the tune.
59 . There the matter rested at the end of December. Nothing trans
pired as to the King’s attempts to engage foreign personnel, except an
unconfirmed report tnat a Polish engineer from Mecca had been sent to
recruit personnel in Poland. ,
60. Arabian Air Route.—His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires had on
October 10th suggested to His Majesty’s Government that, if they could help
Ibn Sa’ud to obtain the air personnel he required, his agreement to the
facilities they sought from him in regard to landing grounds on the Hasa
Coast (July-August Report, paragraph 72) might be requested as a quid fro
quo. He suggested an annual rental for these grounds of £1,000 gold as
the lowest which Ibn Sa’ud would be likely to consider. On November 26th
the Air Ministry informed the Foreign Office, that, while it now seemed
improbable that the request for facilities could be made as a quid fro quo,
they would like it to be broached to Ibn Sa’ud at the first suitable oppor
tunity. They considered, however, that the suggested rent was excessive,
as they did not require the grounds for exclusive Royal Air Force use but
only asked that they should be marked out and available for pilots flying
on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
route to land on in case of distress; the other desiderata
relating to the treatment of the crews of distressed aircraft were, they sug
gested, no more than His Majesty’s Government had a right to expect on
grounds of humanity and international courtesy. An annual rental of £50
for each of the three grounds would, in their opinion, be adequate to meet
the cost of maintenance and renewal of the markings. His Majesty’?
Charge d’Affaires was accordingly instructed on December 2nd to take
up the matter with the Hejaz-Nejd Government at a suitable opportunity:
one did not, however, arise before the end of the month.
V.—MILITARY MATTERS,
1 ' .
61. Northern Hejaz .—During November and December the only addi
tion reported to have been made to the Sa’udi forces in the northern Amirates
was that of a draft of 150 men to Tabuk. The Amir of Jauf, Turki as
Sudairi, moved his headquarters and wireless to Skaka, a village 22 miles
North-East of Jauf, in November. In December he posted 100 camelmen
and 5 cars under Ibn Hamdan forward in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sirhan, at Isawiya.
62. Everywhere in the North the condition of the garrisons continued
to deteriorate. Still no pay was issued and at Kaf and Tabuk the troops were
said to be on the verge of starvation. Circumstantial reports were at the
same time received from Mecca and Medina that a Nafir al ’Amm, or general
call to arms for Jihad, was in progress in Nejd and the northern Hejaz. It
was commonly thought that Ibn Sa’ud was on the point of risking his arm
in a throw against Trans-Jordan as the only means left to him of pacifying
the general discontent and offering his starving tribes the chance of helping
themselves. Reflection of course suggested that Ibn Sa’ud could not be
so foolish as to engage openly in an enterprise which would bring him into
direct conflict with His Majesty’s Government, but the possibility could not
be dismissed in the case of a man such as he, strong-willed and ambitious,
who was already in hard straits and might be desperate in a few months.
There was, of course, the alternative possibility of the same object being
pursued less openly by the promotion of authorised raids, but no untoward
development in either direction took place before the end of the year.
63. East (Nejd ).—The death of Faisal ad-Dawish in prison at Riadh
(see paragraph 38) is said to have caused widespread consternation and gloom
amongst the Mutair and increased bitterness against Ibn Sa’ud. " The
common belief was that he had been murdered.
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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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- 'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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