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File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [117r] (238/898)
The record is made up of 1 volume (445 folios). It was created in 13 Mar 1924-18 Mar 1931. 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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EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
none
£Got:
March 26, 1929.
Section 1.
[E 1583/94/91] No _ L
Mr. Stonehewer-Bird to Sir Austen Chamberlain.
-{Received March 26.)
Jeddah, March 1 , 1929.
(No. 63.)
Sir,
. I HAVE the honour to transmit herewith my reporfolffhe^w’
Hejaz for the period the 1 st to the 28th February 1929 P situation m the
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
, Beirut, Damascus^ Aden D^lhi ^^ Comma E^ m ^ m Palestine
Port Sudan, Lagos ( 2 ), the Senior Naval Officer, Red’sfa Sloops 6 ’ Khartum ’ throu gh
I have, &c.
F. H. W. STONEHEWER-BIRD.
Enclosure in No. 1 .
Jeddah Report for the Period February 1 to 28, 1929.
t ^- an P ama( ian is past, yet there have been no startlino- rnmonr^
nor does the situation m Nejd appear to arouse any interest, in spite o/the deter’
rCeAestA the T edlt ° r ‘^“Um-el-Qura” to focus p’nblicAtLntion on the
fferences between Iraq and Ne]d. In his recent articles on Iraq Yussuf Yassin
Neid, hg A y Cha f ged h f l l ne °l attack. All Arabs are brothers, whether Iraqi'or
freedom ind nnR 0 v e of V A° v '' 6 be f tainted with Western ideas have one ideaAthe
unitv Were ihA A A Wes t eri \ Power alone stands in the way of this
ch-cnlation ev^f TJm -. el ;Q ura 11 u a P a P er of any influence or of more than restricted
an invitation to T 1011 taken to the tone of these articles, which embodv
Yns^il’s ven * ^ q ^ tjT ow off the Western yoke. But to protest against Yussuf
A,f o apourings m the Hejaz press is to give both him and his paper an
importance which they are far from deserving.
t In th a 1SST ^ e the 15th P ebrua ry the question of Nejdi relations with Iraq
nnfof* ranS r C l- r i da ?r 1 - fo ^ A 1 ? 06 abandoned m favour of a long dissertation on the
question of the Hejaz Railway. The
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
finds an excuse for reverting to this
question m the statement recently made in Parliament on the subject of the Haifa
Conference by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Hejaz point
of view is exposed at length. Hejazis regard the railway as a Wakf, and' consider
| tnat no discussion of technical matters can usefully be entered upon until the questions
I the ownership and upity of the line have been settled. The Hejaz Government
tne
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
states, is not interested in the line commercially. They wish to derive no
J 0m but ’ as a P urel y Islamic Government, they are bound first to respect
a Wakf and to oppose any breach of the conditions under which that Wakf was
founded, and, moreover, as keepers of the Holy Places, they are bound to do all in
heir power to ensure the comfort of Moslems who perform the pilgrimage, and one
at C,greatest sources of comfort would undoubtedly be the reopening of the railway.
JNo omeial reply has yet been received to the note addressed to the Hejaz Government
m January, wherein they were informed that His Majesty’s Government and the
rench Government were prepared to reopen a conference for the discussion of
technical considerations.
The situation on the Nejd-Iraq frontier appears to be unchanged, though
disquieting reports of large concentrations of tribesmen and impending attacks on
Iraq were received at Bagdad. A raid on the Zayyad tribe is reported to have taken
place on the 19th February. Iraqi shepherds who fled from the scene announced
that thirty men had been killed and all property looted, but as yet no official con
firmation has been received. These reports have been brought to the notice of the
Kmg and the Plejaz Government, who have been officially requested to take steps
to disband the concentrations, and so remove all threat to the security of Iraq. The
King has certainly no interest in the outbreak of trouble on the frontier at a time
when his presence in the Hejaz is indispensable. Little more than two months
remain before Haj day, and the King cannot much longer delay his departure from
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The volume mostly contains printed copies of despatches from HM Agent and Consul, Jeddah, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, enclosing reports on the situation in the Hejaz (also spelled Hedjaz in the file) [now a region of Saudi Arabia], from January 1924 to December 1930, and related enclosures to the reports. These despatches were sent to the Under-Secretary of State for India by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The volume also includes 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. Political and Secret Department minute papers, which include comments on the reports, and indicate that the reports had been seen by the Under-Secretary of State for India and the Political Committee of the Council of India.
The reports are monthly for January to August 1924, May 1925, September 1925 to March 1927, June 1927 to June 1930, and December 1930. Reports between these dates cover shorter periods, except July and August 1930, which are both covered by one report, and September, October and November 1930, which are also covered by one report.
The reports discuss matters including the actions of King Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi of the Hejaz, including his attempts to gain recognition as Caliph, and the military and financial situation in the Hejaz during the war between the Hejaz and the Saudi Sultanate of Nejd [Najd]. They report on events of the Hedjaz-Nejd war including: the capture of Taif (September 1924) and Mecca (October 1924) by Nejd; the departure of the ex-King Hussein from Jeddah; the fall of Medina and Jeddah and the surrender of the Hejaz to Sultan Abdul Aziz of Nejd [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also known as Ibn Saud] (December 1925); and the formal assumption of the title of King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies by Ibn Saud (8 January 1925).
The reports following the annexation of the Hejaz by Nejd cover internal affairs, including prohibitions introduced for religious reasons, the Hejaz Railway, the financial situation of the Hejaz-Nejd Government, and the Hejaz Air Force. They also report on foreign relations, including: the publication of an agreement, dated 21 October 1926, between Ibn Saud and Sayyid Hassan-el-Idrisi, establishing the suzerainty of Ibn Saud over Asir; relations between Ibn Saud and Imam Yahya of the Yemen; the situation on the frontiers between Nejd and Iraq, and Nejd 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 ; and the Treaty of Jeddah between Hejaz-Nejd and Great Britain (20 May 1927). They also report Ibn Saud being proclaimed King of the Hejaz, Nejd and its Dependencies (4 April 1927).
In addition, other frequently occurring topics in the reports are: the Pilgrimage [Hajj], including the arrival of pilgrims in the Hejaz, from India, Java and elsewhere, arrangements for the pilgrimage, the welfare of pilgrims, and the repatriation of pilgrims; and the slave trade and slavery in the Hejaz, including the manumission and repatriation of slaves.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (445 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1707 (Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)) consists of one volume only.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 447; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-444; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:88v, 90r:104v, 106r:108v, 110r:124v, 126r:128v, 129v:132v, 133v, 134v:137v, 139r:145r, 146r:161v, 162v:180v, 183r:205v, 206v:267r, 269r:271v, 273r:288v, 291r:308v, 309v, 310v, 311v, 312v, 313v, 314v, 315v, 316v, 317v:321r, 324r:335r, 337r:378v, 379v:381v, 383v:389v, 391r:393v, 395v:397v, 399r:400r, 402r:446v, back-i
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