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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1338 Oct 1879 nos 30-32
Title:: Proposed deputation of a confidential Agent to watch and follow the pilgrims to Mecca and Medina
Scope & Content:: pp 845-47. Secretary of State forwards communication from J Zohrab, Consul at Jeddah, recommending that an agent from the Consulate be sent to observe the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Proposes sending dragoman [interpreter] Yussuf Effendi. Response from the Government of India, referring to th...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jul 1879-Oct 1879
Extent:: 3 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1498 Aug 1880 nos 37-38
Title:: Turkish Pilgrim Traffic Regulations
Scope & Content:: pp 255-62. Secretary of State forwards copy Reglement applicable aux navires faisant le transport des pèlerins.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: French
Date Range:: Aug 1880
Extent:: 6 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1498 Aug 1880 nos 39-40
Title:: Remarks on the implementation of the new Turkish Pilgrim Traffic Regulations
Scope & Content:: pp 263-65. Copy circular from the Ottoman Health Department to its Agents regarding the application of the pilgrim traffic rules, plus comments thereon from E D Dickson, British Delegate to the Constantinople Board of Health. The Secretary of State requests the opinion of the Government of India.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: May 1880
Extent:: 3 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1498 Jun 1880 nos 18-29
Title:: Proposals by Dr Abdur Ruzzack [Abdur Razzack] in connection with the pilgrimage to Mecca
Scope & Content:: pp 131-51. Dispatches from the Secretary of State for India, forwarding opinions of the Governments of Bengal and Bombay on the recommendations of Assistant Surgeon Abdur Razzack that a Pilgrim Health Officer and Agent be established at Bombay, and that a Pilgrim Agency be established at Jeddah....
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: May 1879-Jun 1880
Extent:: 21 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1498 Jun 1880 nos 34-36
Title:: Suggestions made by Moulvie Syud Imdad Ali, Khan Bahadur, for removing the hardships to which pilgrims to Mecca are subjected
Scope & Content:: pp 153-54. Government of Bengal forward a communication received from Moulvie Syud Imdad Ali, providing a short account of his own pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina; his meeting with the Grand Sheriff of Mecca and Excellency Nashiz Pasha, Governor of the Hejaz; his two week-stay in Bombay; and sugge...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1880-Jun 1880
Extent:: 2 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1498 Sep 1880 nos 13-14
Title:: Order of the Turkish Government requiring passports in future for all passengers and pilgrims arriving at Jeddah
Scope & Content:: pp 275-77. George Goschen, Ambassador at Constantinople, forwards communication from Dr Hussein Jehur, Acting Consul at Jeddah, regarding the requirement for pilgrims arriving at Jeddah to be in possession of passports, and that those arriving without would have them issued by Turkish authoritie...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: May 1880-Jul 1880
Extent:: 3 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1664 Apr 1881 nos 26-35
Title:: Remarks regarding suggestions made by E D Dickson on the promulgation of the new Turkish Pilgrim Traffic Regulations
Scope & Content:: pp 89-100. Communications received from the Governments of Madras, Bombay, Bengal, and Burma, regarding suggestions made by E Dickson, British Delegate to the Constantinople Board of Health, viz: 1) that pilgrim ships be supplied with hand pumps for supplying sea water to pilgrims; 2) that no la...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Sep 1880-Apr 1881
Extent:: 9 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1664 Aug 1881 nos 23-24
Title:: Proposed measures for discouraging the movement of pilgrims from districts in which cholera prevails, to fairs or other large gatherings
Scope & Content:: pp 337-38. Correspondence between the Government of India and the government of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh regarding the proposed use of non-coercive measures to discourage pilgrims from cholera-stricken areas.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jul 1881-Aug 1881
Extent:: 2 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1664 Aug 1881 nos 42-45
Title:: Question of the applicability of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854 to the pilgrim traffic in the East
Scope & Content:: pp 359-63. Communication from the Government of India to the Secretary of State for India, regarding the applicability of section 230 of the Merchant Shipping Act to pilgrim vessels, and the provision of medical assistance on board ships. Includes discussion of the mortality sustained on the stea...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Mar 1881-Aug 1881
Extent:: 5 pages

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/P/1664 Aug 1881 nos 46-47
Title:: Establishment in Bombay of a lodging-house for the accommodation of Muslim pilgrims arriving there from different parts of India prior to their proceeding to Mecca on pilgrimage
Scope & Content:: pp 365-67. Communication from the Government of Bombay regarding measures taken to implement the recommendation of Abdur Razzack that accommodation for pilgrims be provided in Bombay. Government confirm that Haji Karim Mahomed bin Suleman has offered a sum of Rs 25,000 to establish a musáfarkhana...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jun 1881-Aug 1881
Extent:: 3 pages

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