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1. IOR/P/525 Dec 1874 nos 05-09

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/525 Dec 1874 nos 05-09
Title:
Precautions taken due to apparent plague outbreak in Mecca
Scope & Content:
pp 371-72. Government of India forward to the Government of the Punjab copy extracts from the Aden News Report, plus translated letter from Sheikh Esaw Ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrain, advising that as a precaution against plague transmission, pilgrims will be prevented from entering Mecca.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1874
Extent:
2 pages

2. IOR/P/525 Sep 1875 nos 71-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/525 Sep 1875 nos 71-75
Title:
Measures to address the condition of poor pilgrims at Jeddah, and travelling to and from Mecca
Scope & Content:
pp 521-23. Communication between Brigadier-General J Schneider, Political Resident at Aden, Captain G Beyts, Consul at Jeddah, and the Secretary of State for India, regarding the payment of passage for poor pilgrims by the wealthy without making provision for their subsistence at Jeddah and Mecca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1875-Jul 1875
Extent:
3 pages

3. IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Aug 1877 nos 05-21
Title:
Government enquiry into the supposed practice of wealthy Muslims providing for the poor to make pilgrimage to Mecca without sufficiently providing for their journey back or subsistence
Scope & Content:
pp 397-473. Following receipt of a report from the British Council in Jeddah that many pilgrims do not have provision for their subsistence at Jeddah or return passage to Mecca, the Government of India request opinions on the matter from the Presidency Governments, and recommendations for any ap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1876-Aug 1877
Extent:
57 pages

4. IOR/P/1003 Mar 1877 nos 39-40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Mar 1877 nos 39-40
Title:
Establishment of a quarantine station at Bassidore [Bāsa'īdū]
Scope & Content:
pp 75-84. Correspondence and copy telegrams regarding the outbreak of plague at Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Persian Gulf; quarantine measures adopted by the Egyptian Sanitary Board; initial plans for temporarily moving the Bushire Residency to Bassidore and establishing a quarantine; the trade of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1875-Mar 1877
Extent:
10 pages

5. IOR/P/1003 Oct 1877 nos 73-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/1003 Oct 1877 nos 73-75
Title:
Regulation of pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
pp 569-621. Secretary of State for India forwards copy telegrams, correspondence and regulations concerning the pilgrim traffic in the Red Sea, and proposals by Turkish authorities for regulation and quarantine. Includes copy communications from: Sir Henry Elliot. Dr Dickson, British Delegate t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Mar 1877-Oct 1877
Extent:
51 pages