'15/2 NOTE ON WAHABI PORTS - SAUDI ARABIA - SAUDI TRANSPORT.' [3r] (5/38)
The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1930-9 Aug 1942. 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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Page 2.
Ju'Oail . This is not mentioned in the Handbook of Arabia
or on the Admiralty charts but is a thirving and growing port*
It is situ ted approximately at the point marked Jabal Hhawair
on the Admiralty charts, and is some 30 miles NV.V. of Qatif*
It has a well xtsrctxxbuilt stone pier which will take a small
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
at all stages of the tide and has well built customs
houses* I have not been there, but examined it carefully
from the air, and noticed a curious fact that the town is not
comrmesurate in size with the Customs, having certainly no
more than 2000 inhabitants. I counted some 80 boats drawn up
a
on the beach, mostly perling craft.
The Q,usaibis aro $oing all they can to push Jubail
which is almost entirely owned by them, and it will undoubtedly
increase in importance, the drawback being the water sypply
which is small. The trade is entirely with the Bedo&in
of the neighbourhood, and th^re is no cultivation at all, and
consequently no supplies except what happened to be in the
bazaars*
usefulnesss though a rooky eminence exists to the noerthwards
t which might be mode use of. The place is small and could easi
ly be contained by two companies, the ground on th^ land side
being fcpen though undulating, or at any rate having that appear
ance from the air.
It is difficult to give a. strategic position of any
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The file contains the following:
- a note (ff 2-5) from June 1930 assesses the geographical characteristics of 'three Wahabi ports': Ojair [Al-ʻUqayr], Qatif [Al-Qaṭīf] and Jubail and assesses the feasibility of establishing and maintaining a blockade;
- a letter from Alan Charles Trott, British Legation Jedda, to Viscount Halifax, Foreign Secretary, with an enclosure of a letter from Captain de Gaury describing the track from Riyadh to Dhahran (ff 7-9);
- correspondence between Edward Birbeck Wakefield, 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. Bahrain, and C.E. Davis, Resident Manager, California Arabian Standard Oil Company, Dhahran, concerning the recruitment to organise the transport system of Saudi Arabia (ff 12-15).
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- 1 file (19 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the back of the file. There are file notes ff 17-18.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-16; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
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