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Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–' [‎158r] (316/802)

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The record is made up of 1 file (399 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1931-31 Mar 1938. 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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246. Further information was received in regard to mutawwifs proceeding
abroad (paragraph 216 of last report). Though no official announcement was
made on the subject, it was understood that no restrictions would be placed on
mutawwifs travelling to India or the Netherlands East Indies provided each
mutawwif produced a reputable guarantor to meet any claims established against
him in respect of debts contracted in those countries with pilgrims, &c. No
“ sabee,” however, is to be allowed to go to these two countries, except he be
designated to represent a mutawwif who is unable to go himself. Mutawwifs
desirous of visiting other “ pilgrimage countries ” must take care to return to
the Hejaz before the month of Ramadan.
247. The position as regards the manumission of slaves by the British
Legation was as follows :—
On hand at the beginning of the month : Nil.
Manumitted and repatriated : Nil.
Took refuge in July : Nil.
Locally manumitted : Nil.
Left voluntarily : Nil.
On hand at the end of the month : Nil.
248. Monthly returns showing certain particulars of individual slaves
manumitted are now being rendered for use with the League of Nations Slavery /
Committee, and a memorandum has been forwarded summarising such particulars /
from the 1 st January, 1930, to the 30th April, 1935. 1

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This file consists almost entirely of copies (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) of printed reports sent either by the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard), or, in the Minister's absence, by His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert), to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Most of the reports cover a two-month period and are prefaced by a table of contents. The reports discuss a number of matters relating to the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), including internal affairs, frontier questions, foreign relations, the Hajj, and slavery.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (399 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 400; 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. The leather cover wraps around the documents; the back of the cover has not been foliated.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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