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File 3665/1924 Pt 5 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1925; Hedjaz-Nejd hostilities’ [16r] (36/808)
The record is made up of 1 volume (399 folios). It was created in 1925. 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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Und^r proper control both Cuatoma and Qu ran tine
ahonld yield oonal derabli n^re^aa In ^edd h, in uoat
eastern countries^misappropriation is rife,
King All further states that h© le prepared to
submit both these administrations to British direction
and control.
I pointed out that unless host illti ©a oeaaed
between the Hejaz end ifejd the prospeet of the next
pilgrim season seemed no better that the pilgrimage
juet concluded and oonse u^ntly the receipts from both
these fdministrationa wouid be negligible.
fhe KUk; however stated that next season he in
tended to o >©n the port of Jeddah to all pilgrimj and
that Ibn jaud would be obliged to allow the pilgrims
to pass and a© a result the Custeas and < rentine
receipts wuld aasumr normal proportions. He further
informed me that th Ictherlsode Con ul had signified
his willingness to advise his aovermrient to allow Java
to come to Jeddah under these oirci* 'istfinoes*
I personally doubt th© wiedoaa of such nn eotion as Bin
Sand would sl.^ mo t certainly insist on payment of
various duos from ell pilgrims coming out of Jeddah
in order to drive them to ports under hie control,
and th© result vould be double payment nnd the consequent
aggravation °* the chronic financial eiabarra > 8 oant of
the great Bttijority of pilgr ms*
The oilfields at Dubbe he stetea are rich and
well protected «nd are r^sdy for immediate exoloitation.
It appears thnt these fields were fsvourebly reported
upon
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the invasion of the Hejaz region of Arabia by Wahabi [Wahhabi] troops under the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The papers cover: the Wahabi attack on Jeddah, and a blockade of the coast to the south of Jeddah; reports from the British naval vessels HMS Cornflower and HMS Concord , posted to the Red Sea to monitor the situation at Jeddah; the movements of the deposed King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; appeals made by King Ali of Hejaz [‘Alī bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] for the British Government to intervene in the war between Hejaz and Najd forces; King Ali’s attempts to raise funds in England to pay for Hejaz troops; concerns over the security of pilgrims travelling to Mecca during the war.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: the British Consul at Jeddah, Reader William Bullard; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; Commander and Senior Officer of the Red Sea Patrol on board HMS Cornflower , Commander Stuart Elton Holder, superseded in February 1925 by Commander Evelyn Twysden Wickham.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 4).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (399 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3665 (Arabia) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1124-1127. The volumes are divided into eight parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, parts 2, 3 and 4 comprising the second volume, part 5 comprising the third volume, and parts 7, 8 and 9 comprising the fourth volume. There is no part 6.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 401; 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.
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- Title
- File 3665/1924 Pt 5 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1925; Hedjaz-Nejd hostilities’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:27v, 29r:39v, 41r:43v, 46r:71v, 73r:77v, 81v:102v, 105r:127v, 128v:136v, 139r:142v, 144r:161v, 163r:163v, 165r:231v, 232v:327v, 328v:352v, 354r:360v, 361v:372v, 374r:388v, 389v:401v, back-i
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