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'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [186r] (371/536)
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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gratified at the presence of Italian ships and on May 7 ha
rafused to allow them to bring in a larger party than before,
sent to relieve the posts already on shore.
101. The first measures taken by the Saudi authorities
to control the situation at Hudeyda were eminently satisfactor;
They were consolidated by the despatch of the Minister of
Finance, with wireless and all the elements of a regular /lunl
administration, to run the town. He arrived on May 11.
Kls Majesty’s Government reminded the Saudi Government that
the the setting up of the new administration did not alter
their position as military occupants only but there was no
ground otherwise for complaint in regard to the Saudi action.
Kla Majesty’s Government had at the outset arranged for two
ships as well as ,? Pensance n to proceed to Aden but it was not
necessary to carry out this programme. Y/hen “Penzance'’ left
on May G, having re-embarked the post ashore, she was relieve*
HMS.“Enterprise”. The Italians re-embarked their posts
on May 10 and although they kept their ships at Hudeyda, His
Majesty’s Government did not consider it necessary to replace
RMS.“Enterprise” after her departure on May 19.
102. Meanwhile the Saudis had extended their occupation,
•till welcome to the tribes, as far as Beyt-al-Faqih to the
south and places in the foothills. The Yemenis held Zebid
•nd positions in the mountains but showed during the first
half of the month no signs of intending to counter-attack.
The military situation on the eastern front remained, however,
obscure, as the Saudi heir apparent disappeared completely
from the public eye after the expulsion of the Yemenis from
Najran on April 21. He might have been expected to attack
Sa f ada and the official silence regarding him gave rise to
rumours that he had sustained a defeat. There is no
confirmation of this.
/103.
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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'
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- 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