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measures aiid. i.or information regarding tiie number
of pilgr j i.xS. The Economic and Overseas Department
Ifat It titvld b(. pn%iliU fey fkc to cbtou* Su-cfo nation thfeudL. t^u.
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7 • Despatch of Ne jdi delegation to India etc .
On 9tn August,1925, Ibn Saud expressed his
desire to send a mission to India, Ceylon and LCalaya;
its objects were to expound religious views and
contradict hostile propaganda, raise charitable
funds, and encourage the pilgrimage. The Government
of India raised an objection (which was subsequently
withdrawn) to the personnel of the Mission. It *
was not until 1st December that the Consul at Jeddah
was instructed to inform Ibn Saud that the objection
was withdrawn. He telegraphed on 8 th December that-
Ibn Saud proposed to send the delegation to India
during February. H 0 stiljties in the Hejaz ended
a week later, and we have heard nothing more about
the Mission.
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I^g.,3enu£s_i^ desi re to return to Efypt.
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Our latest information about Sheikh Ahmed el
?enUSEi is con tained in a Jeddah despatch of 23rd
°’' c t ' ci ' U ~ ; > wixlcil states that he was then in
1!ecca, was about to go to Asir to be married (to
relation of the Idrisi) and hoped after a short
ir Asir to make his way to Cyrenaica openly
or in disguise.
The 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. is not concerned in the
question of his return to Egypt.
pc in consequence of
representations made
^y Sir G.Clayton,
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