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File 1707/1924 ‘Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)’ [186v] (377/898)
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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is plenteous in the Hejaz, but whether the money will ever be forthcoming for the
systematic road construction and maintenance which alone can justify the purchase
of steam rollers is a matter of considerable speculation.
27. Indeed the general question of transport may achieve critical importance
during the coming season. I have already referred to the anxiety that the camels
may die through the drought. Another danger awaits their survival in the
ever-increasing competition of the motor car. The position is a difficult om f
Ibn Saud himself has a great passion for motor cars and is sufficiently modern to
buy them when he has no money to pay for them. He himself iff interested in a new
company formed to run a fleet of cars between Jeddah and Mecca.
28. That the local Hejazis realise what a boon is motor transport to many
classes of pilgrims and that they regard it as one of their best advertisements is
clear from the confident way in which orders for cars are being placed. On the
other hand, the position of the camel driver, who sees his livelihood steadily and
securely snatched from him, must by no means be ignored. A little Wahabi fanaticism
working on his uncouth nature might well produce incidents on the Mecca Road next
summer of the gravest import to the existing regime.
29. The Government has now definitely placed in London an order for
ammunition amounting to several thousands of pounds. This I gather is entirely a
credit transaction, and for that reason is not likely to be followed by an order
for arms.
30. A new silver coinage to accompany the current golden sovereign and to
displace the old Turkish mejidieh has been ordered. Thus gradually every trace of
former Turkish domination is being effaced and soon a little pleasing architectural
ornament will be the sole reminder of gentle Johnny.
31. During the period the 28th September to the 31st October, two slaves have
been repatriated by this
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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Appendix.
Taxes to be Collected from Pilgrims for 1346.
In and out quarantine dues, in and out passport fees and
inspection commission fee at Jeddah
Sambuk hire : Outside the harbour
Sambuk hire : Middle harbour ...
Sambuk hire : Inside the harbour
Compensation to Jeddah mutawwif agent
Porterage from sambuk to house
House rent for three nights (over that Pt. Tk. 1^ per night)
Baladieh tax on each shuqduf ...
Official agent and assistant
Porterage on luggage from sambuk to quay
Sambuk hire to the island for three days (above that Pt. Tk. 2^
to be charged per head daily)
Porterage from house to sambuk on return
Jeddah agent’s fee
House rent for three nights (over that Pt. Tk. 1^ per night)
Amount payable by each Java pilgrim, being house rent,
food supplied in Mecca, Arafat, Mina, compensation to
his sheikh and numbering charges
Compensation for the mutawwif of Indian and Bengali
pilgrims ...
House rent
Gratuity to zamzam water supplier
Hire of tent during Haj days ...
Gratuity to mutawwif for each Egyptian pilgrim (house rent
excluded)
Gratuity to mutawwif for each Syrian and Algerian pilgrim
(house rent excluded)
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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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