Coll 6/32 'Turkey: Turco-Hejaz Relations: Turkish representative at Jeddah.'

Content

This file, which mostly consists of copies of received Foreign Office correspondence, concerns relations between the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) and Turkey.

The correspondence includes discussion of the following:

• The appointment of a Turkish representative in the Hejaz, in October 1926.
• Turkish policy in Arabia.
• The conclusion of a treaty of friendship between the two countries (signed on 3 August 1929 and ratified on 10 December 1930), under which Turkey formally recognises the independence of the Hejaz.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains a copy of a translation of the preamble to the aforementioned treaty, together with a copy of a translation of the protocol of exchange of ratifications.

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.

Extent and format

1 file (46 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-47; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/2098

Former external reference(s)

Coll 6/32

History of this record

Date(s)

18 May 1926-23 Jan 1937 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

International relationsTreatiesDiplomacy

People & organisations

Government of Hejaz and NajdGovernment of TurkeyHM Ambassador to Saudi ArabiaGovernment of Saudi Arabia, Āl Sa'ūd dynastyKing of Hejaz and Sultan of NajdKing of Hejaz and NajdBritish Agent and Consul General, JeddahHM Ambassador to the Republic of TurkeyBritish Consul-General, BeirutKing of Saudi Arabia

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