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'File 61/13 I (D 133) Wahabis and Pilgrimage to Hedjaz' [191r] (393/431)
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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to pilgrims, who had lost their original pilgrim passes, and a further number
of 580 emeigency passes to those who travelled overland on foot or who had
remained in the Hejaz for more than one year and had lost their pilgrim passes.
Refunds on Deposit-paid Passes.
157. The system, mentioned in paragraph 142 of last year's report, was
again followed and proved very helpful to the pilgrims concerned, who were not
required to wait for months as in the past.
Registration.
158. The Legation arrangements continued to work satisfactorily, and 10,41&
Indian pilgrims, of the 11.113 shown in Table (A) of paragraph 43 above as
having arrived by sea, registered at the Legation, the deficit being accounted for
by the reasons mentioned in paragraph 143 of last year's report.
159. Fifty-nine unclaimed or unused return tickets and deposit-paid passes
of 1934 were forwarded to the Commissioner of Police, Bombay. Applications
received thereafter for refunds or return to India were dealt with in accordance
with standing instructions of the Government of India.
160. Six Indian pilgrims who had not deposited their return tickets at
this Legation and fifteen foreign pilgrims reported the loss of their return tickets.
Arrangements similar to those described in paragraph 179 of 1932 report were
made for all cases, to enable them to obtain passage.
Local Haj Committee.
161. The local Haj Committee, mentioned in paragraph 148 of 1934 report,
was again constituted as usual, under the
presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of the Indian vice-consul,
for the purpose of regulating return passages to India. It sat at the house of
the Indian vice-consul and did useful work.
162. The arrangements for the Hyderabad Pilgrimage were again satis
factory
An East India Company trading post.
this year. Although a responsible official of the State Government was
appointed as "
Kafila
A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers.
Salar," the caravan largely controlled its own affairs, in
view of the presence of a large number of high btate officials following the \isit
of Her Exalted Highness the Badsha
Begum
Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage.
on pilgrimage. . 1 .
163. There was one stowaway this year from Calcutta. On the arrival o
the ship at Jedda, the necessary amount was contributed by well-disposed pilgrims
to cover his return passage. Thereupon, he was allowed to land and, atter tne
pilgrimage, returned home.
T) estitutes
164. There was, fortunately, a negligible increase in the number of destitutes
this year over 1934, the figures being 562, as against 560. It would again appear
that 'the number of those who came overland was considerable but ess in
proportion to the total than last year, being 461 out of 562.
table gives an analysis of the figures for this year by provinces g ,
(b) routes of access to the Hejaz :
(a) Provinces of origin—
Bengal
Sind
Punj ab
Assam
United Provinces
North-West Frontier
Region of British India bordering Afghanistan.
Bhopal State
Kashmir
Burma
Kapurthala State
Madras
Rajputana ...
Kalat
Baluchistan
Hyderabad (Deccan)
Bombay
Province
90
217
116
10
15
8
1
1
4
1
27
3
36
31
1
1
532
[12098]
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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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