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'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [‎110r] (219/536)

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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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OP HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
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.4. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—(Received July 20.)
(No. 201.)
Sir,
Jedda, July 3, 1933.
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith the Jedda report for June 1933.
2. Copies have been distributed as in the list appended to the report for
106. THE King came from Mecca to Jedda on the 10th June and returned
on the 12th June. He held the usual formal reception, and on the 11th June
gave Sir Andrew Ryan a business audience at which the main subject of discussion
was the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan frontier negotiations (see paragraph 117 below). His
Majesty received his intending biographer, Captain F. H. C. Armstrong, no less
than five times and discoursed to him freely for over ten hours in all, not only of
war, &c., but of love, also of the many errors into which other writers, including
Messrs. Philby and Ameen Rihani, had fallen. Fuad Bey Hamza acted a good
deal as interpreter and as sub-inspirer, but the most notable feature of the varying
company at the interviews was the frequent presence of Ibn Baud’s brother,
Abdullah, on whose memory he seemed to rely for much. The King left Mecca
for Riyadh on the 21st June and arrived on the 25th June. He will probably
spend the rest of the year in Nejd.
107. The excitement over the appointment of an Heir Apparent has died
away, but may be responsible for a report from one source early in June that
Ibn Baud contemplated abdication in the Amir’s favour. The King himself
spoke to Sir Andrew Ryan on the 10th June of his hope of being able to delegate
work, e.g., in regard to Bedouin affairs, to the Amir a year or two hence.
108. The Amir Feisal attracted no attention during the month until he went
into summer residence at Taif on the 25th June. Fuad Bey Hamza attended
three times at the Jedda branch of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sheikh
Yussuf Yassin returned from leave in Syria on the 25th June, much pleased with
the attention he had been shown in Jerusalem, and went straight to Mecca, en
route for Riyadh to join his master.
109. There were no further developments in connexion with the economic
schemes mentioned in paragraph 82 of the last report. Some regard the National
Bank scheme as already dead. The oil negotiations in regard to Hasa seem to
have stimulated interest in other oil possibilities. On the 4th June Fuad Bey
brought a confidential message to Sir Andrew Ryan from the King to the effect
that he had been approached by Italian interests, working through a representa
tive in Cairo, regarding the possibility of a concession for Asir and the Farsan
Islands. The King intimated that, now as always, he preferred to do business
with the British, and asked whether any British group was likely to be interested
in this proposition. He was doubtless thinking back to the time when Shell
started operations through a subsidiary in the Farsans, but abandoned them in
circumstances now only of historical interest.
110. The further instalment of the Umm-al-Qura account of the agreement
with Mr. Philby’s company (see paragraph 83 of the last report) threw little
further light on it. The Government undertake that during the term of the
agreement, which is to be ten years, all cars imported for their use and that of
authorised transport concerns, except cars for their special use and heavy lorries,
shall be Fords. Sharqieh (Limited) are to have the first refusal of orders for
January.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Jedda Report, June 1933.
I .—Internal Affairs.
[851 u—1]
ENCLOSURE IN
NO. 3 $
FROM SECRETARY, POLITICAL Adi
SECRET DEPT. 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.

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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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