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File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [112r] (228/898)
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. .
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r 4S 2171/94/91]
No. 1 .
Mr. Jakins to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—(Received April 30.)
I have, &c.
H.’ G. JAKINS.
Enclosure in No. 1 .
Jeddah Report for Period March 1 to 31, 1929.
March has seen Ibn Saud take what should, if meant seriously,
prove to be the most momentous decision in recent Arabian history. His Maiesty
had already admitted that the Riyadh Conference of October last was not the
complete success claimed by the “ Um-el-Qura.” In a letter to the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
he
confessed that not all there present accepted his view that patient negotiation would
best serve to secure the removal of the Iraq southern desert posts. The sporadic
raids which have recently occurred with some frequency gave rise to protests from
His Majesty s Government and to requests that Ibn Saud would take some serious
steps to put an end to them. Thus, moved by these appeals or feeling himself at the
end of his financial resources, and left by the repeated challenges of his insurgents
m a completely untenable personal position, with the prospect of the profits of the
pilgrimage evading his grasp, Ibn Saud on the 1 st March admitted the possibility
of the occurrence of raids on Iraq, and announced his departure for Qasim at the
head of a punitive force to enquire into the incidents which had occurred and to
punish those guilty of raiding. The King thus seems to have broken definitely with
his. former lieutenants, Feisul-ed-Doweish, of the Mutair, and Ibn Humaid-bin-
Bujad, of the Ataibah. His Majesty was careful to make clear that he reached his
decision in spite of his conviction that he owed his difficulties to Iraq, who, having
originally caused the trouble, had lately made military demonstrations on the
frontiers and sent spies into Nejd to tell his people that he, their King, was in league
with His Majesty’s Government against them. No small share of blame His Majesty
was pleased to apportion to the Administrative Inspector of the Iraq Southern
Desert, who throughout the month has been the subject of scurrilous press attacks
in the “ Um-el-Qura.”
2 . It may be that His Majesty’s anxiety as to the internal situation in Nejd
led him into indecision, for his reply when asked to explain his proposals for the
settlement by arbitration of the Iraq frontier dispute gives the impression that he
prefers to sit on the fence for a while. His Majesty claims that, if his proposals are
accepted as they stand, the arbitration will proceed happily without difficulty. His
idea of elucidating one of his obscurer paragraphs is to refer back to the original
ambiguous text and to add that “ any difficulty which would cause harm to either
party should be considered.” Even the brazen Fuad Hamza looked rather abashed
when asked to explain the King’s meaning, and suggested that His Majesty’s
Government should now take the initiative as to the conditions of the arbitration.
Fuad pretends to have made the most careful private explanations to Yussuf Yassin,
the King’s right-hand man in Nejd, but without success.
3. Mecca has produced only one protest this month of a
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
raid on
Nejd, when thirty-five camels were taken, and this has been capped by a report from
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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.
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- 1 volume (445 folios)
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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.
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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 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.
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- 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
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