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Coll 6/11 'Hejaz-Nejd Affairs: Economic Development in the Hejaz' [156r] (312/504)
The record is made up of 1 file (250 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1929-12 Aug 1937. 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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5) Roads * I have ordered various simple road equipment and have paid
the sum of #960*00 for it c*i*f* Jedda# I enclose a copy of the invoice*
I ho 'Q to spend one month on my return from the Yemen
\ direct the assembling and demonstration of this equipment also to
teach educated pen ~ if they will he assigned to me for this vork - how
to line out roads, bank curves, and figure grades and so forth*
Good roads well maintained will save money in benzine
and oil consumption, wear on cars, as well as savs time and increase
safety in driving* The decreased cost per ton kilometer might enable
Medina, for example, to send vegetables and fruit to Jedda and Yehbo
at s profit to Medina at a lower cost to the consumers*
®) Mines and Minerals *
Much work regarding these has been done by Mr* Mosley and
myself as a gift from Mr* G*E* Crane*
I enclose my report on the ancient mine called "i ahad
Dahab" at 261 k*m* south east by eaat from Medina with my recoianendations
which.reach and estimated expenditure for imported equipment amounting
to £910 gold or #4,376*00 American currency, besides the salary of the
engineer in charge of the woxfe* As noted there all the equipment except
the explosives and lights can be used in the examination of other mines*
Mr* Mosley has taught many men the methods of testing and
working placer gold* Although no commercially profitable deposits have
been found gold does occur and continued prospecting of small wadis like
fadl Hama should be done in the hopes of finding payable areas* It has
been proven that the climatic and geological conditions in this vicinity
have not allowed coneft&fcr&tlon of gold In the large flats as we had
hoped*
Z recommend that Empire Drilling be done in the quartz
covered flats near the debouching of the wadis from the mountains along
the area from Yenbo to Vedj and towards Thlba as noted in my report go* 2*
dated May 14th 1931* Whether or not gold in payable quantities will
be found only drilling and examining can determine*
If my plan is adopted, X or my sealslants can locate the
places for testing and the work can be done by the men who have been
trained during the year*
Mr* Mosley agrees with me that in not recommending that
he remains here this Spring to supervise this work* It will be more
economical for it to be done under the organisation proposed for next
fall*
I recommend that Ahmad Fakhry be detailed to search all
possible manuscripts and obtain all possible information from Bedouins and
villagers living near old mines* That he compiles a report on these data
which should include, location, accessibility, date and extent of workings,
also samples and descriptions of ore as far as possible* When this report
is made in Arabic he with ftajtb Rffendi or some one else equally proficient
in English should translate it so Z may study it to better enable plana be
made for examining the most important of these places next fall* Such
work would save me much tirae and therefore money for the government* As I
have
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This file mostly consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, which have been forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India. The correspondence, most of which is between Foreign Office officials and either the British Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard) or His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, Albert Spencer Calvert, and Alan Charles Trott), relates to the economic development of the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). Other correspondents include the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle) and officials of the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.
The opinion expressed by British correspondents near the beginning of the file is that the unsatisfactory state of the country's finances is a result of its complete dependence on the pilgrimage for income. Much of the file is concerned with various projects (such as water and mineral surveys) sanctioned by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in order to explore other sources of revenue.
Items of discussion include the following:
- News that Ibn Saud intends to establish a power station for the purpose of providing Mecca and Jedda with electricity.
- Ibn Saud's wish to establish a state bank, preferably a British bank, to improve the financial situation in the country.
- Four reports on the country's water and mineral resources, produced by American engineer and geologist Karl Saben Twitchell in 1932 (copies of three of the four reports are included).
- The British Minister at Jedda's thoughts on how the economic unification of the newly-formed Saudi Arabia will progress.
- Proposed improvements to Jedda's water supply.
- The establishment of an 'Arabian Steam Navigation Company' by the Saudi Government.
- Details of the Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate's concession with the Saudi Government for the exploitation of gold and other minerals, which was negotiated by Twitchell, signed in December 1934, and ratified by Ibn Saud in February 1935.
- Reports of anti-Ibn Saud propaganda in the Indian Muslim press.
- Details of the Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate's activities in Saudi Arabia.
- The history of the Ahrar movement in India, its political party, Majlis-i-Ahrar-i-Islam, and its reported condemnation of the recent Saudi mining concession.
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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- 1 file (250 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 251; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-251; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 6/11 'Hejaz-Nejd Affairs: Economic Development in the Hejaz'
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- 133r:134v, 149r:159v, 163r:187v
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- Twitchell, Karl Saben
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