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File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [206r] (416/898)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government. I
EASTERN (Arabia) .
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[June 27, 1927.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 1.
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Acting Consul Stonehewer-Bird to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—(Received June 27.)
(No. 65. Secret.)
Sir
T XT A T7TT -t-X/-. T ^ j. • -i . J feddoJl, J U716 1. 1927.
. ^ ^ ^ ^ LOnou r to transmit herewith my report on the situation in the
Hejaz during the period the 26th April to the 31st May, 1927
n m 2 '-n C0P . le /f 0 M IllS re P 0 [' t T are being sent to Egypt,’Jerusalem, Bagdad, Aden
Delhi, Beirut (for Damascus), Khartum (through Port Sudan), Singapore and Lagos’
I have, &c.
F. H. W. STONEHEWER-BIRD.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Jeddah Report for the Period April 26 to May 31, 1927.
THE period under review has been full of event. It has seen the arrival and
departure of Sir Gilbert Clayton, the King’s return to the Hejaz, and the influx
ot a greater number of pilgrims than the country has seen since the days of the
lurkish domination.
tt x' a Sir Gilbert Dayton arrived in Jeddah on the 2nd May in H.M.S. ‘ £ Dahlia.”
He had reached Port Sudan a week earlier, but, in the absence of any definite
information as to the date of Ibn Saud’s return to the Hejaz, had preferred to remain
some days in the Sudan rather than cross immediately and await His Majesty’s
pleasure fox an indefinite time. The conference actually began on the 10th May
and came to a successful termination on the 21st May. The following official state
ment appeared in the ” Tm-el-Kura ” of the 27th instant :—
cc Treaty of Jeddah between Hejaz-h!ejd and Great Britain.
£C As previously announced, Sir Gilbert Clayton arrived in Jeddah with a
mission comprising himself, Mr. Jordan and Mr. Antonius, empowered to
negotiate with the Hejaz-Nejd Government a treaty of friendship and good
understanding based on a recognition of complete national and sovereign
independence. The negotiations lasted about ten days and resulted in the
conclusion of a treaty on the aforesaid basis. His Highness the Emir Feisal,
Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King, signed on behalf of the Hejaz and
Nejd and its dependencies, and Sir Gilbert Clayton signed on behalf of the
British Government. The treaty will come into force after ratification by His
Britannic Majesty and by the King of the Hejaz, Nejd and its dependencies.
The text of the treaty will be published when the contracting parties shall have
exchanged ratifications.”
3. The negotiations were conducted by the King himself assisted by Sheikh
Hafiz Wahba and Dr. Abdullah Damluji, both of whom were summoned to Jeddah
for the purpose. A house at Kundara, some 2 miles from Jeddah, was placed at the
disposal of the mission for the period of the negotiations. The arrangements made
by the local authorities for Sir Gilbert’s comfort and the staff work on his arrival
at and departure from the Hejaz were excellent. It would be out of place in this
report to touch on the terms of the treaty or on the progress of the negotiations, but
it is perhaps permissible to pay tribute to Sir Gilbert Clayton’s tact and charm of
manner which endeared him to all with whom he came in contact here.
4. His Majesty King Ibn Saud arrived in Jeddah on the morning of the 9th
May. Except for a short stay in Mecca he had come direct from Riadh by car. The
journey lasted ten days, and the actual driving time was forty-four hours for the
650 miles separating Riadh from Jeddah. At Riadh he received 3,000 Nejd chiefs
who had assembled ostensibly to express their loyalty, but in reality to obtain 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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