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PZ 3727/35 'Establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital' [3r] (5/24)
The record is made up of 1 file (12 folios). It was created in Jan 1933-May 1935. 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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(1066/145AO).
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27th April 1935
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Uth reference to my despatch 0,?.??o.38 (2408A60/86)
of the i6th August 1933, regarding the eetabUahaent of a
spinning and weaving Industry in Medina with the help of
i ' >d ' ian capital » 1 have the honour to transmit to you herewith
a translation of an advertisement that appeared in the
Saut-ttt-Hajaa on the 4th February last, announcing that
Madina made cloth was for sale in Mecca.
2 * 1 m sending under separate cover a sample of the
clotn which reveals a poorness of quality that even the
manufacturers were unable to deny. rhe price, fixed at
three quarters of a riy&l saudi, equivalent at present rates
per yard,
to one shilling and ffeP06 pence,/precludes lie tale on an
ordinary com ereial basis and limits its appeal to those
whose religious sentiment sees value In anything coming from
the holy cities.
3. The Manual caving Institute (or Par as onfi*)
as the enterprise in Medina is called was formally inaugur
ated in the preseme of Saudi officials on the 6th September
1933 with two looms and one hundred spinning wheels brought
from India. Fifty spinning wheels were made locally. A
few months later twelve more looms were imported, also from
India, with teal-: sufficient to construct flf$y looms and
two hundred spinning wheels locally* All articles were
granted customs exemption by the Saudi Arab Government. The
spinning la undertaken by natives in their homes after the
necessary instruction, a spinning wheel and cotton has been
/given
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af airs,
Department of Overseas Trade*
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The file consists of correspondence concerning the poverty of Hejaz and the establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital. It also includes a translation of an advertisement to pilgrims announcing Medina-made cloth for sale in Mecca.
The main correspondents include: Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jedda [Jeddah]; Albert Spencer Calvert, HM Vice-Consul at Jedda; and John Picton Bagge, Director of Foreign Division, Department of Overseas Trade.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject and a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the file.
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- 1 file (12 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 12, it is the second file in a larger physical volume, each file has its own foliation sequence; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.
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- PZ 3727/35 'Establishment of a spinning and weaving industry in Medina with the help of Indian capital'
- Pages
- 1r:4v, 5v:12v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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