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'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [‎55v] (110/536)

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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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matter of slavery ”—the British right of manumission secured by the Treaty of
Jedda.
148. Nevertheless Aden has received a report that on April 10th a slave boy
of 14 was brought to Jizan-r-he is thought to have been landed on the Subeyhi
Coast East of. Perim and to have beeji brought overland into.’Asir—and was kept
in the house of. a local Sheykh for sale.. Thereupon, ft. was said, certain merchants
interested in the slave trade enquired,of the Aniir of Jizan—whether the old or the
new is not stated—whether he would encourage and facilitate a revival of the
import business. He is said to have promised to do so. Other reports received
at Aden state that two slaves were .landed at Mocha in March. 1931 and one in
October 1931, and that at the be^inhing’hf 'March 1932 four slaves, a man, a woman,
and two boys, were landed at Dubab and taken overland to Zabid, where they were
bought by one Muhammad Ibrahim Meccawi for 2,000 Maria Theresa dollars,
i he man and one boy were said to have been sent later to Shariff Ibrahim ar-
Rifa'i at Midi for sale.
CHAPTER IX.— Miscellaneous.
149. Visitors. —The following Moslem notables, amongst others, came on pil
grimage : Sheykh Ismail-al Azhari, Grand Mufti of the Sudan.
The widow of the late Colonel Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Sir Muhammad Nasrullah Khan of
Bhopal.
The Honourable Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Saheb Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha, C.I.E., J.P.,
Member of the Indian Council of State.
Sultan Saleh bin Ghalib Qaiti, nephew of the Sultan of Mukalla.
Babu Fazal Elahi, Secretary of the Karachi Haj Committee.
Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Sir Amiruddin Ahmad Khan Bahadur, K.C.T.E., ex- 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 Loharu
and grandfather of the ruling Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. , Pataudi, the cricketer.
Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Sir Nizamat Jang Bahadur, Kt., C.I.E., O.B.E., of Hyderabad.
Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Fakhur Yar Jang Bahadur, of Hyderabad.
Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Muhammad Akram-ud-din Khan, of Hyderabad.
His Highness Ahmed Shah Khan, Minister of Court and cousin of the King of
Afghanistan.
Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Sir Shams Shah, of Kalat.
Khan Bahadur Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. ’Abdullah, M.L.C., of Aligarh.
Muhammad ibn Tsa al Khalifa, Mubarak and ’Abdullah, sons of Hamed ibn
’Isa al Khalifa of Bahrain.
and Mr. van de Poll, the Dutchman lately retired from profitable business in the
Hejaz to build himself a palace in Algeria.
150. A number of prominent Indian nationalists and agitators also came>
among them Iqbal Shaidai, Ismail Guznavi, Ahmad Din, son of Nizam Din, Abdur
rahman Malabari the editor of ‘ Al Amin ”, Hazrat Mohani, Moulvi Nazir Ahmad
Khajandi.
151. The great violinist Zlatko Balokovic put into Jedda on April 3rd, on a
world cruise in the yacht “ Northern Light ”, captained by a retired officer of the
Royal Australian Navy and accompanied by his American owner-wife and Baron
Fleetwood of Sweden as pianist.
152. Staff. —Mr. F. V. Jones, Legation Archivist for the past 2 years, left
Jedda on April 29th but died on May 1st, aged 27, on his way home for his first
leave; he was buried at Tor. He had been weakened by the climate and recent
attacks of influenza and malaria, and succumbed to a 24-hour attack of double
pneumonia. His loss has been keenly felt.
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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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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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