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File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [138v] (281/898)
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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Art XI Every five large cars shall be accompanied by one large spare one.
Four or a smaller n/mber of large cars shall ^
five or less than five small cars shall be accompanied by a small spa e car.
irveor less tnan nve s anies - cars breaks down with passengers during tie
iour^v between Mecca and Jeddah, Jeddah and Medina or Medina and Yambo,
3 °7the company concerned fails to arrange for the transport of the passengers #
fbe necessSy allcrity the committee will order the company to send a car for tti
con~S within three hours of the receipt of the order if the breakdown occurred
conveyance wiu within twenty-four hours if it occurred between Jeddah
^“d^ZfS’tWy: hours y if between Medina and Yambo. If tbe
Company fads to arrange for the necessary transport before the expiration of tte
Hme the committee will send a car of another company to carry the passengers
fJd w rreccwer the are from the first company for payment to the second,
and will reco procee ding on any road betwwn Jeddah and Mecca or betweej
Tpddth and Medina carrying no passengers and finding a broken-down car w,4
Jassengers shall take over the said passengers and may claim from the committees
fare in proportion to distance to be recovered by the committee from the compat;
whose car broke down 1^^ shall a pp 0 int engineers to assist the engineer appointed
by the Government to examine cars for Medina and to ensure that they haveik
Pr °PArtPT5! P The“mpan^Lf tC^hTto refuse to carry more than 5%
weighted not permitted to transport merchandise or luggi?
Art 17 When distributing passengers among the companies the comm*
shall prepare a statement in duplicate of the number of passengers allotted to ,i
company, and retain one copy and hand the other to the mamur of the kosha^
Art 18 Passengers’ fares are to be paid m cash at the office of the commit
One per cent, shall be deducted for working expenses, and shall be held by tb
committee for payment of salaries and other necessary expenses of the committee. Al
the end an account of the deductions will be made, and wh 1 ffJ er ""fromta
be returned to the motor-car proprietors and any shortage will be collected from »
Art 19. Mntawifs will be given a quarter of an Arab real for each piijm
travelling by car from Jeddah to Mecca, or vice versa, 1 real for those proceeds
from Mecca to Medina and 1 real for the return journey. .
Art. 20. The committee will collect from the companies £1 tor each car as an
advance to cover their initial expenses. Thk loan will be met from the 1 per cen,
allotted to the committee. , ,
Art. 21. The committee will draw up as soon as possible, and torward to
Government for approval, a regulation for drivers. . . . . .u
Art. 22. The committee will function from the 20th Jamad Tam (sixth men
to the 15th Safar (second month) of each year .... from
No driver shall be employed unless he produces a certilleate of good conduct i
the company with which he last served.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’
- Pages
- 181r:182v, 145v, 138r:138v, 133r, 134r, 129r, 125r:125v, 109r:109v, 105r:105v
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- Government of Hejaz and Najd
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