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Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–' [137r] (274/802)
The record is made up of 1 file (399 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1931-31 Mar 1938. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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[E 6793/557/25]
Mr. Calvert to Sir Samuel Hoare.—[Received November 18.)
(No. 310. Confidential.)
Jedda, November 2, 1935.
1 HAVE the honour to submit herewith the Jedda report for October 1935.
2 . Copies have been distributed as in the case of the report for August 1935.
I have, &c.
A. S. CALVERT.
Enclosure.
Jedda Report for October 1935.
I .—internal Affairs.
312. The movements of Ibn Saud have again not been written up in the
press, but, according to Sheikh Yusuf Yasin, the King has spent a considerable
part of the month hunting. Little has been heard of the Amir Saud, except that
he is said to be taking lessons in English, and delights to air his few words of
that language in conversation with his friends; and Amir Feisal had not returned
to Mecca from Riyadh at the end of October.
313. To anticipate the report for next month, on the 1 st November the
Legation received a telegram from the Saudi Ministry for Foreign iVffairs
fj announcing with regret the death of Abdullah-bin-Jiluwi, the Amir of Hasa and
cousin of Ibn Saud. The passing of this trusted kinsman and comrade-in-arms
of his early days robs the King of one of the most powerful of his leaders, and
one whose legend has been perhaps second only to that of Ibn Saud himself. Upon
Hasa and further afield along the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
the effect of the withdrawal
of this stern and dreaded personality will certainly be far-reaching.
314. Sheikh Abdullah-al-Fadhl was appointed, by Royal decree, to act.
during the absence of Amir Feisal, as President of the Council of Ministers, a
post he has held on previous occasions. Sheikh Yusuf Yasin continued in charge
of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and divided his time between Jedda and
Mecca. Sheikh Abdullah Suleiman returned from his visit to Egypt and Syria
(paragraph 286) on the 20th October, and was accorded a very flattering welcome,
especially in Mecca. With the return of his principal assistant, Sheikh
Muhammad Surur-as-Saban, a few weeks earlier, the Ministry of Finance is once
more at full strength. Sheikh Muhammad Surur was also given a most cordial
reception—such is the magic of the Treasury in this little world.
315. Fuad Bey Hamza (paragraph 300) attended the Hejaz Railway
Conference at Haifa (see paragraph 338 below), from the 10th-19th October, as
Saudi delegate, and was expected by Sheikh Yusuf Yasin to return to Jedda early
in November.
316. Internally, the situation has remained untroubled. A further shipload
of stores left for Jizan by the Al Fath towards the end of the month, but the only
movement of troops to come to notice was the arrival of 130 soldiers, in ten motor-
lorries, from Medina on the 5th, and their departure for Mecca the following day.
There has, however, been much marching, counter-marching, early mornincr
tactical exercises and what not. by the small uniformed force forming the Jedda
garrison.
317. A well-known Hejazi personage, in conversation here recently
immediately upon his return from Riyadh, where he had been the guest of the
King, gave an interesting glimpse of 'ibn Sand’s views on the development of a
military organisation in this country. The account, which is given for what it
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This file consists almost entirely of copies (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) of printed reports sent either by the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard), or, in the Minister's absence, by His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert), to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Most of the reports cover a two-month period and are prefaced by a table of contents. The reports discuss a number of matters relating to the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), including internal affairs, frontier questions, foreign relations, the Hajj, and slavery.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 400; 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. The leather cover wraps around the documents; the back of the cover has not been foliated.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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