‘Jeddah Consulate.—Captain Beyts’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Jeddah Consulate.—Captain Beyts’
- Creator:
- Author: India Office, Assistant Secretary to the Political and Secret Department,
- Date:
- 1877/1877
- Description:
- Abstract: Memorandum dated 23 April 1877, prepared by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary in the Political and Secret Department of the India Office. The memorandum was prepared in response to Government discussion over the merit of establishing a British consulate at Jeddah that was ‘free from any connection with private trade’, and court proceedings against the steamship Medina, chartered by the British Consul at Jeddah, George de Jong Beyts, in his capacity as the director of Beyts & Co., for the conveyance of pilgrims to Jeddah. The memorandum provides a précis of correspondence related to the subject of the Jeddah Consulate between 1852 and 1877.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 121, and terminates at f 125, since it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in the bottom right-hand corner of the recto of each folio. These numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Colonial administration
British Legation to Saudi Arabia
Wylde Beyts and Company
George Mathurin de Jong Beyts - Geographic region:
- Mecca
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003d7_ar
81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003d7_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B16
IOR/L/PS/18/B16