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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [126r] (245/306)
The record is made up of 1 item (152 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1926-12 Jan 1928. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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L Thi$ Document is the Proj^icty.Jftf His -Brit a unic Majesty's Government, ]
EASTERN (Arabia) .
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 734/7/91] No. 1.
Vice-Consul Jordan to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—(Received February 2.)
[February 2, 1926 ]
Section 4.
(No. 3.)
Sir, Jeddah, January 12, 1926.
I HAVE the honour to confirm my telegram No. 6 of the 11 th instant, and to
forward herewith a translation of a letter received from Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Nejd,
proclaiming his election to the kingship of the Hejaz.
Also the translation of a proclamation published by him in the Mecca newspaper,
“ Umm-al-Kura,” on the morning of, but prior to, his election.
Copies of this despatch and of its enclosures are being sent to India, Cairo,
Jerusalem, Bagdad and Aden.
I have, &c.
S. R. JORDAN.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1 .
Translation of Letter from Abdid Aziz-bin-Abdul Rahman-al-Feisal-al-Saud, King of
the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd audits Dependencies, dated 24th Jamad-al-Thani, 1344
(January 9, 1926).
Royal Proclamation to Friendly Governments.
BY the grace and help of God the people of the Hejaz have recognised us as King
of the Hejaz, ruling according to the Book of God (Koran), Tradition of His Prophet,
and the path of 'the distinguished Caliphs who came after him, and to establish a
Constitutional Government in which the affairs of the Hejaz will be left to its own
people.
In asking for God’s help and succour, we have been pleased to accept that
recognition and have assumed to ourselves the title of “ King of the Hejaz and Sultan
of Nejd and its Dependencies.”
We shall restore peace, tranquillity and prosperity and try to bring happiness and
comfort to the inhabitants of this country, all pilgrims and visitors. We shall try our
best as regards the fulfilment of all the wishes of the Islamic world, and shall make
them pleased by the administration in this holy land.
We entreat the Almighty to help us in assuming the duties of that affair. God
alone trrants success.
O
Enclosure 2 in No. 1 .
Extract from Mecca Newspaper, “ Umm-al-Kura,” dated Z?>rd Jamad-al-Thani 1344
(January 8 , 1926).
(Translation.)
General Proclamation.
In the name of God the Most Merciful, the Compassionate.
PRAISE be to God. We thank God, pray and send salutations to His best
Prophet and the most honourable of His creatures, our master Mohammed. May
prayers and the peace of God be upon him, his relatives and friends.
It has become known to everybody, far and near, what El Hussein and his sons
have been doing with us until they obliged us to unsheathe our swords to defend our
souls and homes and to defend the sanctuaries of God and His forbidden things.
[1200 b—4]
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The papers cover the election of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as king in 1926, his assumption of the title of King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies, his de jure recognition by HM Government and others, the delay on the part of the Egyptian Government in recognising Ibn Saud's position as king, the British attitude towards the Nejd-Hedjaz conflict, salutes to the Hedjaz flag, and the breakdown of negotiations for the recognition of Ibn Saud by the Italian Government. The papers also cover Ibn Saud's proposal to send a delegate to the International Sanitary Conference in 1926, and to become signatory of the International Sanitary Convention.
The principal correspondents are the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.
There are newspapers cuttings from Forward and The Times ;and a letter in French, from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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