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1. 'JEDDA: PLAN OF PORT'
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- Abstract: Plan of the port of Jedda. The plan indicates hydrology and settlements, and provides some indication of relief.Includes the following printing statement: 'Produced under the Superintendence of Rear-Admiral J.A. Edgell, C.B., O.B.E., Hydrographer.' Prepared by naval staff in the Admiralty's Naval Intelligence Division.Physical description: Materials: Printed in colour on paper.Dimensions: 300 x 207mm, on sheet 328 x 251mm.
2. ‘File 28/73 Tele-communications in time of war’
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- Abstract: The file comprises copies of correspondence concerning arrangements for wireless radio communications at Bahrain during wartime. Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); representatives of the India Office (John Percival Gibson), the Admiralty (N J Margetts), the Air Ministry (M H Ely), and the Foreign Office (H M Eyres); the Chairman of Cable & Wireless Limited.The file includes:correspondence concerning the provision of a twenty-four-hour radio watch by the Cable & Wireless office at Bahrain in the event of war, including: correspondence between the India Office, Admiralty, Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, and Cable & Wireless head office in London, concerning the costs and requirements for emergency radio watches at Bahrain (ff 2-31, ff 41-44);correspondence relating to the practicalities of communication between Jedda and the outside world during war, including: a demi-official letter written by His Majesty’s Minister at Jedda, Reader William Bullard, on the technical practicalities of communications, including the use of wireless transmissions inside Saudi Arabia, and possible use of the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company’s (CASOC) wireless telephone network (ff 33-39);a letter from the India Office to the British Consul (meaning Political Agent) at Bahrain, dated 11 September 1939, asking whether Bahrain can receive BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) short wave bulletins, and Reuter transmissions either on short wave or by cable (f 45).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 50; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
3. PZ 1058/1939 'Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the Standard Oil Company of California's oil concession in Bahrein [Bahrain]. The correspondence is concerned with whether or not it would be appropriate for Imperial Airways to assist the Californian company in developing aerial infrastructure in Arabia. In particular, the company feels it would be useful to be able to employ the use of aircraft between Bahrein and the area in which they are drilling, and between Bahrein and Jedda [Jeddah], where their main office is located. The possibility of the company forming an alliance/partnership with Germany is discussed by British officials. Copies of the letters were forwarded to the India Office and are included in the file (f 11 is a copy of f 5 and ff 12-13 are copies of ff 6-7).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 14; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. PZ 6888/34 History of British Representation in Jedda
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the personal enquiry of Sir Andrew Ryan, Foreign Office, to John Gilbert Laithwaite, India Office, about the history of British representation in Jedda [Jeddah].The correspondence consists of: a letter to Laithwaite from Ryan, referring to Ryan’s previous enquiry about whether the India Office could provide any information on the history of the connection between the British government and/or the East India Company with the Red Sea area, and more particularly the Hijaz [Al-Ḥijāz or Hejaz], and enclosing a note about British representation in Jedda [Jeddah] up to 1830; a letter in reply from Laithwaite to Ryan, stating that Laithwaite is sending Ryan’s letter and a copy of his note to William Thomas Ottewill, Superintendent of Records, India Office; a further letter from Laithwaite to Ryan stating that Laithwaite is enclosing a note from Ottewill to Ryan, regarding the results of Ottewill’s search of the India Office records for relevant information; and the note from Ottewill to Ryan itself.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 9; 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 present in parallel between ff 1-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
5. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, [Bombay Secret Letter] No. 12 dated 2 February 1856. The enclosures are dated 10-25 January 1856.The papers comprise three letters from Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Acting Political Resident and Commandant, Aden, to the Secretary to Government, Bombay, covering the following matters:The general peaceful state of affairs in Aden, including relations between tribes of the vicinity and lack of any ‘aggressions’ by the ‘Foutheli chief’ [Aḥmad bin Abdullāh al-Faḍlī]The report by HM Agent and Consul-General in Egypt that an order has, in fact, been given ‘for the emancipation of slaves within the Egyptian territory’ (f 161) but it has been very generally put into execution and has not yet met with any resistance by the ‘mussulman [Muslim] population’. Coghlan notes that the Consul-General’s letter indicates he has not yet heard of the recent disturbance in the Hejaz [also spelled Hedjaz in this item]Reports, from Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] that [Ottoman] Turkish troops have suppressed the insurrections in Jedda [Jeddah, spelled Judda in this item] and Mecca and intend to march on Taif [Ta'if] to where rebel leader Shereef Abd-el-Mutalib [Sharif ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib bin Ghālib bin Musā‘ad] has fled from MeccaNews of a violent rebellion in Massowah [Massawa, also known as Mitsiwa] against the Governor of Massawa, reported by Raffaello Barroni, Agent to Mr Plowden [Walter Chichele Plowden], HM Consul in Abyssinia [now Ethiopia], including Barroni’s urgent request to Coghlan to send a vessel to save the ‘lives, merchandise and money of all the Indians, Banyans and Europeans who are here’ (f 164).Also included are: three Resolutions of the Board including a Resolution to despatch the vessel Queenfor the protection of British subjects at Jedda, and the Elphinstoneto afford relief and protection at Mussowah on the proviso it does not prevent the restoration of peace in Jedda; and a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India agreeing that Lieutenant Richard Burton’s ‘negligence’ does not excuse the actions of the [Habr Awwal] tribe and that until reparation is received the blockade of Berbera should remain in place.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
6. Coll 6/21(1) 'Hejaz-Nejd: Relations with H.M.G.: Hejaz Legation in London and British Minister in Jeddah.'
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- Abstract: This volume concerns relations between the British Government and the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia).The volume largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence. The correspondence near the beginning of the volume discusses Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's] wish to enter into full diplomatic relations with the British Government. The Hejazi Government's proposal in 1929 to establish a legation in London is accompanied by a request for the British Government to raise the status of its Agency and Consulate in Jedda to the same status.The subsequent correspondence in the volume discusses the following:The British Government's consideration (and acceptance) of Ibn Saud's proposal, and the appointment of Sir Andrew Ryan as His Majesty's Minister at the British Legation in Jedda in May 1930.Hafiz Wahba's appointment as Hejazi Minister in London in 1930.Complaints made by the Hejazi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding Sir Andrew Ryan's attitude and conduct since his arrival in Jedda.Details of an Hejazi-Nejdi diplomatic mission to Europe (including visits to Italy, France, Britain, and the Netherlands), undertaken in May 1932 and headed by Amir Feisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Hejazi Minister for Foreign Affairs (this part of the volume includes detailed accounts of the mission's meetings with Foreign Office officials during its visit to London).Sir Andrew Ryan's account of his meeting with Ibn Saud at Taif in July 1934, and their discussion of the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, in the Anglo-Ottoman convention of 1913) and the Kuwait blockade.Details of several meetings held at the Foreign Office between Fuad Bey Hamza (Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia), Sir Andrew Ryan and George William Rendel (Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department), during September 1934, regarding the 'blue line', the Kuwait blockade, and the future of the Treaty of Jedda (the treaty signed between Britain and Ibn Saud in 1927).Requests from the Italian Government for information regarding Fuad Bey Hamza's visit to London.The volume features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Agent and Consul at Jedda, a position that was raised to His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda in late 1929 (Hugh Stonehewer Bird, William Linskill Bond, Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, and Albert Spencer Calvert successively); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Ronald William Graham); Ibn Saud; Amir Faisal; officials of the Hejazi/Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the India Office.In addition to correspondence, the volume contains a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. The meeting, which took place in London on 8 November 1934, was primarily concerned with the settlement of the 'blue line' issue, the Saudi-Transjordan frontier, and the Kuwait blockade.The volume includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 449; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
7. Coll 6/50 'Saudi Arabia: Saudi Relations with the Soviet.'
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- Abstract: This file concerns relations between the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (Saudi Arabia from September 1932 onwards) and the Soviet Union. It largely consists of copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard) regarding Saudi-Soviet relations and the activities of Soviet representatives in Saudi Arabia. Other prominent correspondents include His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill), His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow (Esmond Ovey), and officials of the Foreign Office, India Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.Matters discussed in the correspondence include:The visit of the Hejazi delegation, headed by Emir Feisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Foreign Minister for the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd, to Moscow, and later, via Turkey, to Tiflis [Tbilisi] and Baku, in May-June 1932.Soviet trade interests in the Hejaz.Concerns expressed by Sir Andrew Ryan in July 1932 that the Soviet representative in Jedda could seek to consolidate Soviet relations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and encourage the latter to take a strong line regarding Transjordan.Unconfirmed reports of a Saudi-Soviet trade agreement in early 1933.Notes on the character and previous career in Jedda of the newly appointed (as of January 1936) Soviet minister at Jedda, Kerim Khakimov.News in May 1938 that the Government of the Soviet Union has decided to close its legations in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, reportedly as a gesture of disapproval of the Anglo-Italian Treaty [Anglo-Italian Agreement], but considered by the Foreign Office to be part of a general policy of reducing the number of its foreign contacts.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 50; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-49; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
8. Coll 6/1 'Hejaz-Nejd: Franco-Hejaz-Nejd Treaty and Relations Hejaz-Syria Treaty.'
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- Abstract: This file primarily concerns relations between France and the Hejaz-Nejd (later Saudi Arabian) Government.The beginning of the file relates to treaty negotiations between France and Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's] Hejaz-Nejd Government, as well as negotiations between the Hejaz-Nejd Government and the French mandated territories in Syria. It contains copies of letters (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from British diplomatic officials reporting on events and on meetings with their French counterparts. The file includes the following:Reports of a proposed appointment of a French representative at the court of Ibn Saud.Reports on the progression of the treaty negotiations.Reports on the contents of the signed treaties (referred to in the correspondence as the Franco-Hejazi Treaty and the Syro-Hejazi Agreement respectively) and of how they compare with the Treaty of Jedda of 1927 [the most recent treaty between Ibn Saud and the United Kingdom].Copies of the agreements (in French).Reports of the raising of the French Consulate at Jedda to the status of a Legation.The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert), and the British Minister at Jedda, Andrew Ryan. The French material in this file consists of the aforementioned agreements and accompanying correspondence.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
9. Coll 6/49 'Railways and Communications: Proposed Jedda-Mecca Railway. Motor Transport Arrangements.'
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- Abstract: This file concerns the progress of schemes relating to the improvement of transport and communications in Saudi Arabia.The file largely consists of copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard) and His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, and in later correspondence, Alan Charles Trott), which includes discussion of the following:Details of a failed concession for a Mecca-Jedda railway, granted by the Government of Saudi Arabia in 1933 to an Indian doctor and businessman named Saiyid Abdul Khadir Jeelani, who is reportedly unable to obtain financial support for the scheme.Difficulties regarding motor transport arrangements in Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage season, following the creation of a motor transport monopoly in Saudi Arabia in 1936.Details of an agreement, dated 5 October 1939, between the Saudi Arabian and Egyptian Governments, primarily relating to construction and repair work on the road between Jedda and Arafat, and on certain parts of the Medina-Mecca road (the agreement also concerns the provision of water and electricity in Saudi Arabia).The file's other principal correspondents are the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Chief Secretary of the Government of Madras, and various correspondents from the Foreign Office.In addition to correspondence, the file includes a copy of the scheme for the construction of a Jedda-Mecca railway and a copy of the aforementioned agreement between the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Government of Egypt.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 110; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-110; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
10. Coll 6/89 'Saudi Arabia: Approaches to Jedda Harbour. Interest of Standard Oil Co.'
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- Abstract: This file concerns the California Arabian Standard Oil Company's interest in erecting storage tanks at Jedda, which would involve making improvements to the harbour's navigational facilities in the process. The file features the following correspondents: the California Arabian Standard Oil Company, the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Admiralty's Military Branch.Also included is a list of several other Political and Secret Department files, most of which appear to also relate to the construction or improvement of port facilities or infrastructure.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
11. Coll 6/94 'INDIAN REPRESENTATION AT JEDDA'
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- Abstract: This file relates to British Indian (and later, Indian and Pakistani) representation in Jedda, Saudi Arabia.The earlier correspondence (1937-1946) concerns successive appointments for the position of Indian Vice-Consul at Jedda, whose main responsibilities relate to the interests of Indian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. Also discussed are details regarding pay and periods of employment for postholders.The later correspondence (1947-1948) concerns arrangements for diplomatic representation in Saudi Arabia for the newly-independent governments of India and Pakistan. It includes discussion of the Indian Government's wish to appoint its own representative in Jedda, under the rank of Consul.The main correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (later referred to as Ambassador at Jedda; named postholders include Sir Reader William Bullard and later Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith, succeeded by Alan Charles Trott); the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in India (Terence Shone); officials of the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India's External Affairs Department, and the Office of the High Commissioner for India in London.The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year, one of which is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 1), while the other can be found at folio 38.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 93; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
12. File 74/1915 Pt 3 'German War: banking arrangements at Jeddah'
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- Abstract: The file contains papers - correspondence and India Office papers and internal notes - relating to banking arrangements at Jeddah. It includes papers relating to the following:The Basra branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank applying for permission to do business with the Bank’s Jeddah Agency.The Imperial Ottoman Bank’s proposal that the branch at Jeddah should be reopened and placed under the protection of HM Government.French participation in any banking arrangements made at Jeddah, and the perceived desirability of a purely British company undertaking banking business at Jeddah.The suggestion that the British company Gellatly Hankey should be encouraged to extend their business to include banking.The proposal of Boulton Brothers and Company to open a branch of the Alliance Bank of Egypt at Jeddah.The correspondence mostly consists of: correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; correspondence between the India Office and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; and copies of Foreign Office correspondence with correspondents including Sir Reginald Wingate, Boulton Brothers and Company, and the Imperial Ottoman Bank.The file includes four documents in French: a letter from T Aboucassem, Acting Manager of the Djeddah [Jeddah, Saudi Arabia] Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, 18 September 1916; a letter and an extract from a note from the French Ambassador to London, 4 November 1916 and 16 May 1917; and a letter from Georges Heine and H Henry Neuflize to the Members of the Committee of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, London, 23 November 1917.The file 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 175; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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