'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [90r] (179/536)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 2293/902/25]
; 3469
May 3, 1933.
Section 1.
Sii‘ A . Ryan to Si?' John Simon .— {Received May 3.)
(No. 102.)
Sir, Jedda, April 7, 1933.
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith the Jedda report for March 1933.
2 . Copies have been distributed as in the list appended to the report for
January.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Jedda Report for Marc h 1933.
I.—Internal Affairs.
32. THE King, who had gone into camp at Rawdat-al-Khafs, a place some
distance from Riyadh and reported to be delightful, mingled sport with business
until mid-March. He returned to Riyadh on or about the 19th March and left
on the 21st March. He arrived in Mecca for the pilgrimage on the 27th March,
bringing numerous members of his family and other attendants. He gave his
annual dinner to notable pilgrims on the evening of the 31st March. Little has
been heard of him in Jedda since his return.
33. The Amir Feisal was in Jedda from the 8th to the 11th March. He
held no reception, but went to tea with Mr. and Mrs. Philby on the 10th March,
where he met a select party consisting principally of Sir Andrew and Lady Ryan,
the American concession hunters and their wives, and Lady Evelyn Cobbold.
The tea-party was alafranga, the Prince most affable to both sexes. Fuad Bey
Hamza has kept fairly regularly to his new plan of being at the Jedda branch of
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Saturdays.
34. There have been various developments in connexion with the financial
and economic schemes mentioned in the last report (see paragraph 15). They
may be summed up as follows :—
{a) The ex-Khedive’s agent completed his negotiations early in March and
left Jedda on the 10th March, taking with him, it appears, the
National Bank Concession, in spite of an eleventh-hour attempt to
scotch it on the part of the young Syrian merchant, Hussein Aweyni,
who went on behalf of himself and others to Riyadh. Both parties
to the concession state that the agreement is definite, but no details
have been made public. The particulars given in paragraph 15 (a)
are believed to be accurate. The notes are not to be forced currency
and are to have substantial gold cover. The bank is apparently not
to be for the Hejaz only, but will operate in other Near Eastern
countries and will have its headquarters in London. It is rumoured
in diplomatic circles that Mr. Philby will be the conseiller. The
motives of the promoters continue to be obscure. The “ Amir ” Habib
Lutfullah, who obtained a similar concession from King Hussein just
eight years ago, had at least the satisfaction of having been made
Ambassador in Rome and playing a miscellaneous diplomatic role.
(5) The Umm-al-Qura of the 3rd March published a summary of the Jeelani
concession for the proposed railway between Mecca and Jedda. The
forecast in paragraph 15 (b) was not completely accurate. The loan
of 10
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
is to be paid in five monthly instalments, beginning in
October 1933, and to be repayable by retention of 5 per cent, of the
Government’s share of the receipts. The loan will apparently be a
charge on the capital of 50
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. The construction of the line is to.
[795 c—1]
NCI
No. 24
15 JUN, 1933
j FROM SECRETARY,
L SECRET DEPT.
PQU ICaL AND 1
INDIA OFFICE
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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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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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