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'File 61/13 I (D 133) Wahabis and Pilgrimage to Hedjaz' [97v] (206/431)
The record is made up of 1 volume (213 folios). It was created in 21 May 1923-2 Mar 1937. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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their behalf; and (h) to obtain from each destitute an undertaking to repay the
■cost of repatriation on demand. . .
144. The difficulties of the Legation were increased tins year by the
unwillingness of Messrs. Turner. Murrison and Co., who iio^v have a virtual
monopoly of the return pilgrim traffic to India, to quote a moderate rate.
Their agents at first stood out for 50
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
a head, oi only 20 mpees less than
the ordinary single fare of 70
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
. ! his made it impossible, pending consulta
tion with India, to ship the destitutes as intended m the steahiship Alavi. The
authorities in India eventually got the company to agree to a late of 40
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
,
and the destitutes were repatriated in a later vessel. It may be noted that the
agents had already conceded the rate of 40
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
to the llejazi (lovernment for
the repatriation of 60 Bokhari destitutes shipped in the Alavi.
145. The problem of the destitute Indian pilgrim was discussed at length
in paragraphs 25 ff. of the report for 1930. Its growing importance appears from
the following table showing the number of pilgrims repatriated at Government
expense during the last five years and tiie rcttes charged ;
Year
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
Total Indian
pilgrims.
26,500
14.000
15,000
11.000
7,276
Destitutes
repatriated.
188
179
139
387
318
Rate per head.
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
15.8.0
13.8.0
25.0.0
35.0.0
40.0.0
146. The following table shows, for the 310 completely destitute pilgrims
repatriated in 1931. (a) the provinces of origin and (b) the routes by which the
pilgrims reached the Hejaz :—
(a) Province of Origin—
Sind
Bengal ...
Punjab ...
Malabar
Baluchistan
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
Hyderabad (Deccan)
Other provinces ...
91
75
62
32
31
10
3
6
(b) Routes of Access—
Overland—
Via Muscat, Bahrein, Goadar, Basra,
Koweit, Nejd
Via Mokalla, Aden, Yemen
Via Bagdad and Syria
By Sea—
Single ticket holders from Bombay
and Karachi
Return ticket holders from Bombay
and Karachi who obtained
refunds
84
10
310
120
68
28
216
94
310
147. Several passes showed that the authorities at Goadar had either issued
.a certificate of identity or endorsed passes to enable pilgrims to land at different
ports of the Arabian coast. Ten of those who came via Bagdad and Syria had
obtained permanent passports at Bagdad and then travelled overland on foot.
The figures as a whole show how greatly the increase in the number of destitutes
is due (a) to the large number of pilgrims who find their way to the Hejaz by
overland routes and (b) to abuse of the facilities given in India for travelling by
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports relating to the Hajj pilgrimage to the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. (later British Legation) in Jeddah, the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and Indian Office in London, the British Residencies in Bushire and Aden, the High Commissioners in Cairo and Baghdad, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, and Ibn Sa'ud.
Contained in the volume are the annual reports on the pilgrimage composed by the Agent in Jeddah for the years 1929-1935 inclusive. Each report consists of some or all of the following:
- a general introduction;
- information on quarantine;
- statistics;
- information on health, transport, customs, 'mutawwifs' (pilgrim guides), religious policy, tariffs and the cost of pilgrimage, and pilgrims from other Muslim regions of the British Empire (India, Afghan, Malay, West Africa, Sudan, Iraq, Palestine, 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 , Sarawak, Somalia, Zanzibar and East Africa, South Africa, Aden, Hadhramaut, Muscat, Bahrain, and Kuwait).
Other documents cover the following subjects:
- the Hajj under King Hussein and the implications of a Wahhabi conquest of the Holy Cities;
- an attack on Yemeni pilgrims by the Ikhwan in August 1923 and the subsequent fighting;
- an Egyptian Medical Mission to Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina to assist with the pilgrimage;
- Jeddah's water supply;
- a new motor road between Medina and Najaf;
- Japanese interest in the pilgrim trade;
- the formation and progress of a National First-Aid Society in the Hejaz and Nejd;
- the religious tolerance of the Wahhabis, specifically the kissing of the Black Stone in Mecca.
At the back of the volume (folios 205-206) are internal office notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (213 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover, the numbers written in pencil, circled, and 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. The only irregularities are the first three folios (ff 1A-1C).
Fold-out folio: f 2.
There is an inconsistent and incomplete pagination sequence that is also written in pencil but is not circled.
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