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File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [272r] (548/898)
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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strife, and it was only with the help of the Nejd soldiers that security could be
maintained.
15. No doubt Ibn Saud has been forced to take this step by the more fanatical of
his Akhwan followers and is now pleading in justification the results obtained in
~“Nrkey, who in order to advance in the world has done many deeds that would
lofmerly have been considered reprehensible, but that the only result was a few
days' outcry in the world’s Moslem press and now their actions are accepted all the
world over, and it would be similar with his actions in the Hejaz.
16. It is strongly rumoured that one of the chief of Ibn Saud’s Wahabi ulamas
has gone to Medina with instructions to destroy the tombs of the Prophet’s family.
This lacks confirmation to date, but certainly the “Tomb of Eve,” in Jeddah, has
had the dome destroyed and people are no longer allowed to worship thereat. But
there is, as will at once be realised, a big difference between the tomb of a very
elongated mythical lady and the tombs of the family of the Prophet.
17. The arrangements for the pilgrimage to Medina has been completed and
are as follows : Pilgrims proceeding from Mecca travel the whole way by camel,
touching at Rabigh on the coast en route. Pilgrims from Jeddah proceed by
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
from Jeddah to Rabigh and there join the various caravans from Mecca. Came]
hire has been fixed at £8 instead of £16 under the late regime.
18. Another example of the Wahabi “Get back to the Prophet" principles
occurred in Jeddah a few days ago. A thief who had been caught in the act had
his hand cut off and the stump dipped in boiling oil, and was then paraded througii
the local market place as a warning to others.
19. The one great source of satisfaction in the Hejaz at the present is the
absolute safety of the roads. Everywhere isolated groups of two or three pilgrims
may be met with, who go about quite unprotected and in perfect safety.
20. Owing to the scarcity of pilgrims, the financial situation is not brilliant
and the Government is rather pressed for money. In order to prevent the corruption
that exists in the financial departments, Ibn Saud has recently appointed a certain
Mohammed Bev Nihas as Inspector of Finance and he has entered upon his duties,
which might be likened to Hercules labour of cleansing the Higean stables, with
commendable zeal. A number of officials have been replaced by others not a whit
more honest than their predecessors and so the vicious circle goes on.
21. Commendable progress is being made by Messrs. Mirlees Watson and Co.,
with the condenser, and it is hoped to be completed by about the 20th May.
22. During the feast of Bairam the usual courtesies were made and returned^
and two deputations, one of the Takrunis and the other of the Hausa icsidents or
Jeddah took the opportunity of calling at the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to express their sentiments
of loyalty to the British Empire. . , . i tt • i. j * u
23 The number of pilgrims who have arrived m the Hejaz to date may be
roughly estimated at 11.500rand over and above there are about 5,000 on their
wav from India. , . , , ,
24 One slave has been repatriated during the period under report.
S. R. JORDAN.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Extract from the Mecca Newspaper “ Umm-al-Kura.
Invitation to the Moslem Conference.
WE heard from the Royal office that the following telegram was^nt by His
Majesty the King (on 12.9.1344) to Hts Majesty the King of Egypt H s J y
-U o, iiss,
3““ fflgJ $£w.l it ■;« Chief of the C.liph... Societ, .«
Orfa, Russia, the Kadi Mustafa Shershah a i > Qnrmtv lava-
“Sherkit Islam” at Jokjakarta, Java and the Mahometan Society, J
“For the service of the two holy sanctuaries and their inhabitants, to secure
their future to increase the means of comfort for pilgrims and visitors, to
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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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- File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’
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- 398r, 398v, 394v, 395r, 382r, 382v, 335v, 322r, 323r, 323v, 309r, 310r, 311r, 312r, 289v, 290r, 290v, 272r, 272v
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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- File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’
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- 390r, 390v, 322v:323r, 290v, 272r, 272v, 267v
- Author
- Um al-Qura xx Umm-al-Qura xx Ummul Qura
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