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Enclosure in Foreign Office Covering letter, dated 27th December 1935.
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Letter from H. M.’s Charge d’affaires, Jedda, to the Foreign Office,
No. 336, DATED THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1935.
With reference to my despatch No. 219 (1806/138/12) of the 30th July,
relative to the return to this country of Sheykh Abdur Rauf as Sabban
under the general amnesty declared by Ibn Saud in January last, I have the
honour to report that the Umm-al-Qura of the 22nd November announced
the recent arrival at Riyadh from Iraq en route for Mecca of Seyyid Muham
mad Tahir ad-Dabbagh. This notorious anti-Saudi intriguer has made
his peace with Ibn Saud under the terms of the amnesty to political offenders
living abroad, and, according to this newspaper’s account, was shown kind
ness and hospitality by the King during his visit to Riyadh. Seyyid
Muhammad at his audience with Ibn Saud delivered a speech, a report" of
which, it is promised, will appear in the next “Umm-al-Qura”.
t ^ am senc ^ n £> co pies of this despatch to Bagdad, Aden and Trans-
Enclo to S. N. (9).,
Letter from Ti. M.’s Char< f. d’affaires, Jedda, tc the Foreign Office,
No. 219, dated THE 30th July 1935.
01 reference to y° ur predecessor’s printed despatch No. 46 (E.-561/
qt/Ut °^ t J he 2 5 rd Februar y 1933 > relative to the anti-Saudi activities of
oneykh Abdur Rauf as-Sabban, I have the honour to inform you that the
Umm al Qura of the 26th July announced the return of this individual to
this country from Iraq, having been granted a pardon by the King. He
had arrived m Mecca and was accompanied by Sheykh Ahmad al Muiallid
having travelled by way of Riyadh where, according to a subsequent’ para
graph, he delivered a speech, in the King’s presence, of a laudatory and
supplicatory nature. Sheykh Abdur Rauf as-Sabban’s varied past of anti-
baudi intrigue, summarised in Jedda Personalities No. 19, Tvould, there
fore, appear to have been forgiven. Sheykh Ahmad al-Mujallid does not
seem to have come so prominently to notice, but he also is described as
having been pardoned by Ibn Saud. {
2 . A similar, but less explicit, reference to Sheykh Abdur Rauf appear
ed m the Saut al Hejaz of the 23rd July, which limited itself to the
explanation that he was “a Hejazi subject who had stayed for some years
at Bagdad the capital of Iraq, our sister country”.
3. I am sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty’s Ambassador
at Bagdad.
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(Received on d5th January 1936, with Political Secretary's letter No. 2,
dated 9th January 1936.)
Letter from H. M. s Charge d’affaires, Jedda, to the Foreign Office,
No. 339, dated the 26th November 1935.
Mr. Calvert to Sir Samuel Hoare.—(Received December 16.)
With reference to my despatch No. 277 of the 8th October, relative to
ip activities of the Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate (Limited), I have
t e honour to inform you that the operations of this concern appear to be