File 1647/1918 Pt 2 'Arabia: Hedjaz; Hostel for pilgrims at Mecca; British Representative at Mecca' [24r] (41/154)
The record is made up of 1 item (77 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1920-14 Aug 1923. 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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TEL3&RAM from the Governor of the Straits
Settlements to the Secretary of State for the
Colonies.
Dated 29th December
(Received Colonial Office 5.41 p.m. 29th December
1921)
No.331
Your telegram of 23rd December my
Confidential despatch of 17th November. My
reservation refers to cost oi proposed costel
building only
GUILLEM ARD
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The item contains correspondence and other papers regarding events after the postponement of plans for a hostel at Mecca to house pilgrims from the British Empire and a British Muslim Representative at Mecca to look after the interests of such pilgrims. The papers are primarily concerned with the final costs of the plans and with the redeployment of the former representative Captain Nasiruddin Ahmed [Naṣīr al-Dīn Aḥmad, also written Nasir-ud-Din Ahmad in the item].
In addition to Captain Ahmed, the primary correspondents are: the Colonial Office; the Foreign Office; 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. ; the Treasury; the High Commissioner, Iraq; the High Commissioner, Palestine; 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. , Aden; the British Agent, Jeddah; the Government of India; and the Government of the Straits Settlements.
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- File 1647/1918 Pt 2 'Arabia: Hedjaz; Hostel for pilgrims at Mecca; British Representative at Mecca'
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