![File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [‎10r] (24/898)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000084/IOR_L_PS_10_1115_0024.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [‎10r] (24/898)")
File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [10r] (24/898)
The record is made up of 1 volume (445 folios). It was created in 13 Mar 1924-18 Mar 1931. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
16. Arab Aeronautical Society (see section 22 of the previous report).
(a) The Mecca paper “ Umm-al-Qura ” published in its issue of the
19th December the proposed regulations of this society with an appeal for support
addressed to “ every Hejazi and Nejdi in whose veins the blood of Islamic and
Arab zeal flows; to every Arab who wishes his nation to be powerful and reputed;
to every Moslem whose heart is touched by his Holy Lands.” The appeal was
made in anticipation of a great public meeting to further the objects in view.
’ The draft regulations enable all subjects of Ibn Sand to become members by
payment of an entrance fee and annual subscriptions, and other persons may be
admitted on the same terms by the Administrative Council. * The preliminary
arrangements for the constitution of the society had been approved by the Govern
ment before the date of the publications described above. One may suppose
without undue cynicism that the object of the creation of the society is to promote
the acquisition of aerial material and the development of airmanship without
adding to the burdens of a depleted Treasury.
(b) The projected public meeting was held in Mecca on the 25th December,
but no detailed report of the proceedings has reached the Legation. The society
would have a great prospect of success if, instead of thinking only of aeroplanes,
it devoted its attention to dirigibles, and if the gas of Arabian oratory could
be used for floating castles in the air.
V.— Military Intelligence.
17. There is little to report under this head. Some interesting confidential
information was received at the Legation in December regarding a company
formed some time ago for the importation of arms. The partners are said to
have been Sheikh Abdullah Suleiman, the Minister of Finance, who has nursed
his own finances more successfully than his master’s, and a servant of his; a
former Director of Customs, who prospered in that office; and an Iraq Jew with
German connexions. Some arms appear to have been purchased before the
partners fell out, with bills unsettled. It was the Iraqi and his brother in
Hamburg who burnt their fingers.
VI. — Naval Visits.
18. Nil.
VII. — Pilgrimage.
19. Forged Rupee Notes (see section 29 of previous report).
The further plan to entrap the person in Syria principally concerned in the
marketing of these notes failed. Various incriminating letters were despatched
to Beirut on the 30th December, but it was then considered advisable to cease
activity in Jedda and to leave to the French authorities in Syria, with, it was
hoped, the co-operation in case of need of the Egyptian police, the task of laying
the forgers’
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
by the heels.
20. 1931 Pilgrimage (see section 30 of previous report).
(a) Pilgrims from the Dutch East Indies continued to arrive during
December, the numbers being approximately 7,000, carried in eleven ships.
\b) See section 2 above as regards the efforts of the Hejaz authorities to
anticipate taxes on pilgrims already in the country by hurrying them through
to Medina, and section 8 as regards plans for a new overland route.
(c) There was little improvement in the prospect in regard to the
number of pilgrims to be expected during the coming season. ^-^ le probable
number of Indian pilgrims, however, was estimated tentatively at about the same
as last year.
21 Nigerian Pilgrimage.
The comments of the Sudan Government and of this Legation on the modified
scheme, proposed by the Nigerian Government, were submitted to His Majesty s
About this item
- Content
The volume mostly contains printed copies of despatches from HM Agent and Consul, Jeddah, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, enclosing reports on the situation in the Hejaz (also spelled Hedjaz in the file) [now a region of Saudi Arabia], from January 1924 to December 1930, and related enclosures to the reports. These despatches were sent to the Under-Secretary of State for India by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The volume also includes 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. Political and Secret Department minute papers, which include comments on the reports, and indicate that the reports had been seen by the Under-Secretary of State for India and the Political Committee of the Council of India.
The reports are monthly for January to August 1924, May 1925, September 1925 to March 1927, June 1927 to June 1930, and December 1930. Reports between these dates cover shorter periods, except July and August 1930, which are both covered by one report, and September, October and November 1930, which are also covered by one report.
The reports discuss matters including the actions of King Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi of the Hejaz, including his attempts to gain recognition as Caliph, and the military and financial situation in the Hejaz during the war between the Hejaz and the Saudi Sultanate of Nejd [Najd]. They report on events of the Hedjaz-Nejd war including: the capture of Taif (September 1924) and Mecca (October 1924) by Nejd; the departure of the ex-King Hussein from Jeddah; the fall of Medina and Jeddah and the surrender of the Hejaz to Sultan Abdul Aziz of Nejd [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also known as Ibn Saud] (December 1925); and the formal assumption of the title of King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies by Ibn Saud (8 January 1925).
The reports following the annexation of the Hejaz by Nejd cover internal affairs, including prohibitions introduced for religious reasons, the Hejaz Railway, the financial situation of the Hejaz-Nejd Government, and the Hejaz Air Force. They also report on foreign relations, including: the publication of an agreement, dated 21 October 1926, between Ibn Saud and Sayyid Hassan-el-Idrisi, establishing the suzerainty of Ibn Saud over Asir; relations between Ibn Saud and Imam Yahya of the Yemen; the situation on the frontiers between Nejd and Iraq, and Nejd and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; and the Treaty of Jeddah between Hejaz-Nejd and Great Britain (20 May 1927). They also report Ibn Saud being proclaimed King of the Hejaz, Nejd and its Dependencies (4 April 1927).
In addition, other frequently occurring topics in the reports are: the Pilgrimage [Hajj], including the arrival of pilgrims in the Hejaz, from India, Java and elsewhere, arrangements for the pilgrimage, the welfare of pilgrims, and the repatriation of pilgrims; and the slave trade and slavery in the Hejaz, including the manumission and repatriation of slaves.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (445 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1707 (Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)) consists of one volume only.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 447; 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 4-444; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [10r] (24/898), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1115, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100084998359.0x000019> [accessed 16 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100084998359.0x000019
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100084998359.0x000019">File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [‎10r] (24/898)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100084998359.0x000019"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000084/IOR_L_PS_10_1115_0024.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x000084/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/1115
- Title
- File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:88v, 90r:104v, 106r:108v, 110r:124v, 126r:128v, 129v:132v, 133v, 134v:137v, 139r:145r, 146r:161v, 162v:180v, 183r:205v, 206v:267r, 269r:271v, 273r:288v, 291r:308v, 309v, 310v, 311v, 312v, 313v, 314v, 315v, 316v, 317v:321r, 324r:335r, 337r:378v, 379v:381v, 383v:389v, 391r:393v, 395v:397v, 399r:400r, 402r:446v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence