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File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [418r] (840/898)
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 M a jesty’s G overnment. 1
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EASTERN (Arabia).
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[July 14, 1924. J
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 1.
[E 6062/424/91] No. 1.
Consul Bullard to Mr. MacDonald. — (Received, July 14.)
(No. 66.)
Sir, Jeddah. June 28, 1924.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith the Jeddah Report for the period
30th May-28th June.
Copies of this despatch and report are being sent to Alexandria, Bagdad, Jerusalem,
Simla, Aden and Beirout (for communication to Damascus).
I have, &c.
R. W. BULLARD.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Jeddah Report for the Period May 30 to June 28, 1924.
THIS has been a black month for King Hussein. He claims to have secured
recognition as Caliph from Shereef Yussuf-al-Hindi (C.V.O., M.B.E.), “ in the name of
himself, and of Abdul Rahman-al-Mahdi, Sayyid Ali-al-Mirghani and all the religious
leaders and the people of the Sudan,” but he has little else to bring him comfort.
No longer can even his own newspapers represent him, as they were doing a few
months ago, as bestriding the world like a spiritual Anthony, with realms and islands
as plates dropped from his pocket, and he has to make much of an oath of allegiance
from the small town of Midi, which, being a great slave-trading centre, might well
have recognised its chief customer earlier. His attempt to get round the Imam has
failed, nor has he had any better fortune with Lahej. Dr. Naji-al-Asil is returning to
the Hedjaz (or at any rate leaving England) with little to show for the £15,000
which, I believe, his two agreeable years in London have cost the Hedjaz; and while
the King hails a new recruit in Mr. Philby, he has yet to learn that Mr. Phiiby’s
nostrum for the Arab world is republicanism. On the Mahmal question he has made
a complete surrender. In a very brief notice the “ Kibla describes this stream as
flowing in its old bed, but in point of fact it is to flow in the new one dug for
it by Egypt. There is to be no restriction with regard to the number of doctors
accompanying the Mahmal, the places where they may install their hospitals, the time
they may stay or the patients they may treat, and the Mahmal question has been
recognised by the King as independent of that of the Hedjaz Wakfs.
The Wahabis are quiet. The “Kibla” published a communique about thenq in
order, it said, to* put an end to the absurd rumours which were in cnculation. I he
communique, which professes to be based on a telegram from Kunfudah, describes Ibn
Sand’s son, Feisal, as having been unsuccessful in a fight with some unspecified persons
in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Ukail, savs there is disorder at Bisha (on parallel 20" north, some 150 miles
south-east of Taif), and that Ibn Saud has threatened to cut down the trees there.
Cutting down trees is considered to be a low trick, for ail the Prophet did it; but it is
possible that the royal communique is not correct. In the first place, King Hussein
hates the truth as he hates the French ; in the second, a telegram from King Feisal to
his father, which is published with the communique, is not m accordance with the facts
as reported by His Majesty’s High Commissioner for Irak, in that it represents the
slaughter of the Dhafir by the Wahabis as a sweeping victory for liak, in which of
2,000 Wahabi camels only 100 escaped, and many Wahabi leaders (names given) were
“ recognised among the dead.” ^ i
The Advisory Council to the Caliphate is reported by the “ Kibla to have met
twelve times. In Ramadan it held a meeting of the very greatest importance ; it came
to the earth-shaking decision-to advise all the Moslems of the world to follow the
Koran and the traditions of the Prophet. As a matter oi fact, the report is less silly,
if less innocent, than it sounds. The game is clearly to represent certain Indian mama
as wholehearted supporters of King _ Hussein as Caliph, three of them one being
Abdul Kadir-al-Badayuni, being mentioned as present at the meeting. Any Moslem
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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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