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Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–' [288r] (576/802)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Arabia).
PZ.
February 14, 1933.
CONFIDENTIAL.
2269 ,
Section 2.
1
*
1933 j
[E 902/902/25]
No. 1.
*SzV A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—[Received February 14.)
(No. 38. Confidential.)
Jedda, January 31, 1933.
I HA\ E the honour to forward herewith the Jedda report for November
and December 1932. This report has been compiled by Mr. Hope Gill, who
was in charge of the Legation during nearly the whole of the period under review.
1 have made no material alterations in the report as drafted by him.
2. It has been found in practice that the system of preparing these reports
at intervals of two months has not produced the advantages which were
anticipated when it was introduced at the beginning of 1931. The labour
involved in compiling them from the mass of material which accumulates in a
post of varied activities has been heavy, and there has been a tendency to over-
systematise the reports in an effort to make them comprehensive. There has
consequently been frequent delay in issuing the reports, and I think that they
have become too unwieldy for the purposes of some of the recipients, while others
are already familiar from current correspondence with the subjects which
interest them.
3 Having discussed the matter with your Department while on leave.
I propose to return to the system of monthly reports and to make them shorter
by dealing only with the salient events of 1 each month in a form resembling
a news-letter rather than a systematic account of everything that has happened
I understand that this will meet your views, and I trust that it will not diminish
the value of the reports to other recipients.
4. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosure as usual to Cairo,
Jerusalem, Beirut, Damascus, Bagdad, Basra, Bushi re, K oweit, New Delhi,
Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Aden, Addis Ababa, LigosTKEarfilnr, Port'SudanT'
the Senior Naval Officer in Red Sea sloops, and to the Royal Air Force Officer
Commanding in 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
. I am sending copies also to the
Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean Fleet, Malta, at his request and to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrein, at the request of the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. ^
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
(Confidential.) Enclosure in No. 1.
Jedda Report for November and December, 1932.
1.—Internal affairs—
Jbn Sand
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Finance ...
Economics
Legislation
Nationality Law
Waqfs
Communications
Locusts
II.—Frontier questions—
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
Raiding
Beni Atiya
[711 o—2]
Index.
Paragraphs
334-336
337
338-340
341-342
343
344
345
346
347
11.—Frontier questions (contd .)—
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
(contd .)—
Hashimite intrigue ...
Saudi reaction
British intervention ...
Mutual recognition ...
Iraq
Koweit and Bahrein ...
Survey of Koweit
Bahrein transit dues
Asir and the Yemen ...
Asir revolt
348-359
348
349
111.—Foreign relations—
International
Great Britain
Paragraphs
350-353
354-355
356-358
359
360
361-362
361
362
363-366
363-366
367
368-369
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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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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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