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'File 61/13 I (D 133) Wahabis and Pilgrimage to Hedjaz' [‎130v] (272/431)

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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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235. A pilgrim from Zanzibar, but of Hadhramaut origin, named Ahmed J#
liajab was killed by a lorry belonging to one of the Government-controlled
companies, while walking along the road from Mecca to Jed da a few days after .ij
Pilgrimage Day. There is reason to believe that the car, which was driven by an
Indian chauffeur, was seriously defective. 1 he Indian was airested, and the
Hejazi authorities enquired in due course whether the pilgrim s heirs, if anv,
wished to take part in proceedings against him. It has been ascertained that the
deceased had no property or heirs in Zanzibar, but was believed to have left a
widow and minor children in the Hadhramaut. The correspondence is still
Drocccdinsr.
236. A woman named Mai Rahma, who was in possession of a regular
Nairobi passport, sought the assistance of the Legation just before the departure
of the last ship for Mombasa on the ground that she had exhausted her funds.
As there was no time to refer to the Government of Kenya, the Legation assumed
the responsibility of advancing £5 gold to make up the sum required, the shipping i f
agents having on their side undertaken to contribute a similar amount, if the ""
Legation would do the rest.
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(17) South African Piigriinage.
237. The Hejazi quarantine returns show sixty-two pilgrims as having
arrived in Jedda from South Africa in 1932 as compared with fifty-one in 1931.
The majority had South African passports. These pilgrims are normally people
of substance and present no difficulty to the Legation.
(18) Palestine and T vans] or dan Pilgrimage.
238. According to the Hejazi quarantine returns, no less than 1,352:
pilgrims came this year from Palestine 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 as compared with only
447 in 1931. The figure given for this year agrees pretty closely with the total
number notified by the authorities in Jerusalem as having taken out permits, the
High Commissioner having informed the Legation by letter of the 30th April,
1932, that 1,290 permits had been issued up to date to Palestinians and
twenty-four to Transjordanians. The great majority travelled via Kantara and
arrived in Jedda and Yambo by Khedivial steamer from Suez.
239. These pilgrims were evidently much affected by the increased cost of
the pilgrimage in currencies based on sterling. The feature of the return season
was a remarkable rush on the deposits of £4 required to be made in Palestine
before the pilgrim starts. Within three weeks of Pilgrimage Day it was.
necessary for the Legation to advance the very abnormal sum of £2,141 to 536
applicants.
239 a . Palestinian pilgrims suffered the same inconvenience as those from
the Sudan (see paragraph 229) owing to shortage of shipping, and manifested
their displeasure by sending delegations to the Legation, where Captain Seager
placated them daily as best he could.
240. The increase in the number of pilgrims and the circumstances
described in the preceding two paragraphs imposed a considerable strain on the
.Legation, where Captain Seager has to deal with all pilgrims other than Indians
and Malays in addition to performing his duties as pro-consul and helping the
Chancery. His Majesty's Minister has consulted the High Commissioner for
Palestine as to the possibility of supplying a clerk from Palestine, temporarily
and as an experimental measure, next season.
(19) Adenese Pilgrimage,
241. According to the information from the quarantine authorities^
ninety-seven Adenese pilgrims reached Jedda by sea in 1932. There is i 1( J
corresponding figure for last year. The figure is understood to comprise a
pilgrims from the Protectorate, other than Hadhramis, embarking at Aden to 1
Jedda. Only a few of these sought assistance on grounds of destitution after tne
pilgrimage, but many persons from Aden and the Protectorate, including Somali
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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:

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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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