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'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [131r] (261/536)
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 ^
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January 3U, 1934^*
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EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[E 715/715/25] No. 1.
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Sir A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—[Received January 30.)
(No. 4. Confidential.)
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t ula xn? a.i~ , • i Jcdda, January 7,
I HA V it, the honour to submit herewith the Jedda Report for December 1933
this report has been prepared by Mr. Calvert, who was still in charge of the
Legation during nearly half of the period under review.
2 ‘ ^cPoT haVe been distributed as in the list appended to the report for
u ciniiciry iy«jo.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
. Enclosure in No. 1.
Jedda Report for December 1933.
I .—Internal Affairs.
263. Ibn Saud remained in Nejd during the month. From the Saudi press
g unpses were obtained of him. early in December, indulging in the pleasures
of the chase for ten days at A1 Washm, and later, on the 16th, reviewing at
oraph 274) COntm ^ ent ° f 10,000 soldlers destined for the Asir front (see para-
rptnrn 6 ^ oo^ 1 lef t Me £ ca for Taif ° n the 15th, on affairs of State, and
returned on the 22nd. His Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Fuad Bey
LLamza, visited Jedda on several occasions during the month, and met His
Majesty s Charge d Affaires on the 1st and 10th. He left for Riyadh on the 11th
oge er with the French Charge d’Aflfaires, in circumstances which are described
fntPr a vW raph tW } b A °u ’ ret £ rmng t0 Mecca on the 21st - He had business
interviews with bir Andrew Ryan on the 28th and 29th.
iniE n 5 ' J k Uad B f^ S hrot ; her ’ Taufi q Hamza, arrived here from Syria on the
^ nd i^ WaS hL 0 ?, 60, Fuad Bey informe d Mr. Calvert in conversation
on that day, to find him a billet in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He had
JUready had a certain amount of experience there as secretary to Fuad Bev and
might be expected to prove useful in the Ministry, the reorganisation of which
was now m contemplation.
Mavr,f T i er ® c aS A be i. ated echo of the commotion over the designation in
toward, th! A nd lr f fe it Ud 88 b « lr . a PP are nt (see paragraph 80) in the announcement
towards the end of the month that, as from the 1st January, 1934, commemorative
postage stamps would be on sale by the Saudi postal "authorities.
Sndan L ( Re / e rence paragraph 240.) Mr. K. S. Twitchell left Jedda for Port
Sudan enroute for Europe on the 3rd on leave, but whether he will return or
not seems open to considerable doubt.
t , , 2 /; 8 Y, Mr ' 1 Phi ' b . v ^turned from his unexpected business trip to E.n-nt on
suadlnl VheTr^d il 6 ! Paragraph 241) and appeared to have succeeded ”ui per-
Motor Company to reconsider their previous refusal to grant
him credit facilities to the extent of providing Sharqieh (Limited) with fifty
lord cars on easy terms to be supplied to the Saudi Government. Sharoieli
(Limited) are still said to hold the monopoly for the import of tyres, but according-
\rXc 1 vear llan M?Ph C ilb CeS h 10n 18 t0 , te r minate at the end of the present
Aramc year. Mr. 1 hilby has imported a large quantity of tyres of various
makes, and was stated to be negotiating with Muhammad Sadiq the Kins's
Jedd^Customs. & ^ 40 ^ ^over the latter's stock of tyres hV t
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ENCLOSURE
NO. 9
IN
VVst-KLY LrTTFR
1 MAR. 1334
FROM SECRETARY, PCLITIG L „..j
SECRET DEPT, INDIA r-PFiCE
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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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- 'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports'
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