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'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [180r] (359/536)
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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Higeria. He was presented to the King on April 13.
89. The Dutch engineer Monsieur Flieringa, who was one of
the recent Dutch mission to the Yemen, (Para.55 of the last
Heport), outstayed his companions to make further reaearches
in that country, including .a visit to Salif. Tie eventually
got back to Jsdda and left for Holland on April 6. Monsieur
Jacobs, who has for several years ably managed the "Dutch Bank",
left Jedda for good on April 20, giving place to a Mr.Sntrop.
Mr. J.A.Smith, the managing director of Messrs. Gellatly,Hankey f s
business in the Sudan visited Jedda fiom April 23 to 25.
Mr.Bates, the ornithologist (Para 40 of the Report for February)
left on April 25, after having collected, in collaboration
with Mr. Philby, some 300 specimens of Hejazi birds,
representing something like 120 species.
90. The worst dust-storm of recent years raged in and
around Jedda, both by land and sea, on April 3. Ships were
unable to enter the port that day and the climatic conditions
ashore were horrible. Two similar but less unpleasant days
followed. On the third day April 5, a great fire ravaged
the African village outside the issss town, destroying in a few
hours an estimated number of seme 160 compounds each containing
a number of huts. fasy Dritlsh subjects and protected persons
were effected but there vas no loss of British life. The
Saudi Government are always unsympathetic towards these poor,
though industrious, T a.ranis, as they are called. They have
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/295
- Title
- 'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:35r, 36r:47r, 50r:267v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence