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'File 61/13 I (D 133) Wahabis and Pilgrimage to Hedjaz' [101r] (213/431)
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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(3) Malays and persons domiciled in Malaya may be given single tickets
on the recommendation of the passport officer, who shall satisfy
himself, first, that such persons are of sufficient financial status to
guarantee that they will not become destitute in the Hejaz; and
secondly, that they intend to remain for the purpose of study in the
Hejaz for not less than two years after having performed the Haj.
(4) Eeturn ticket-holders, at the end of two seasons in the Hejaz, may be
given either (a) a refund on their unused ticket at the rate of 30 per
cent, of the face value of the return ticket and on the recommendation
of the Malay Pilgrimage Officer or the British Legation, or {h) an
extension for a further period of three years to the validity of their
tickets, making five years in all.
Number of Deceased Pilgrims.
181. The total number of deceased pilgrims amongst those who came this
season, as reported by the deceased's next-of-kin to the Malay Pilgrimage Officer
up to the time he left Jedda on the 12th June was seventeen, made up as follows:-—
Straits Settlements—
Singapore ... ... ... ... 2
Penang (including Province Wellesly and the
Bindings) ... ... ... ... 1
Malacca ... ... ... ... 1
Federated Malay States—
Perak ...
Selangor
Pahang
Negri Sembilan ...
Unfederated Malay States—
Johore
Kedah ...
Kelantan
Trengganu
Brunei ...
Total
17
This total works out at 3 -4 per cent., which is a decidedly better death rate than
in all the previous years, owing to the better climatic and other conditions
mentioned above.
Effects of Deceased Pilgrims.
182. Practically all enquiries for effects of deceased pilgrims were success
fully followed up with a view to the effects being distributed amongst deceased's
next-of-kin through the usual channel. Effects of deceased pilgrims who died
during this season without accompanying relatives should be handed over to the
British Legation during the course of next season.
Recommendations.
183. Haji Abdul Majid makes the following suggestions
{a) The list of tariffs in the Hejaz during the past and coming year should
be posted in the offices issuing pilgrim passes throughout Malaya. A
margin for possible increases should, nevertheless, be made. Pilgrims
are to be warned against making these payments in advance.
The qualitv of food to be supplied on board pilgrim ships should be
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(c) Pilgrims should be told to keep only such luggage as contain necessary
clothing during the voyage on deck; heavy and unwanted luggage to.
be put in ship's hold. ■ ^ ^ • •
{cl) Medical practitioners should be asked to certify that the vaccination
and inoculation are successfully done.
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- Content
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1cv, 3r:13v, 15r:201v, 203r:209v, back-i
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