'File 61/11 X (D 170) Nejd-Hejaz Miscellaneous' [94r] (200/554)
The record is made up of 1 volume (270 folios). It was created in 20 Jan 1942-26 Jun 1945. It was written in English. 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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Effendi for his opinion which was exactly the same. I wonder.
I tired of these two after three and a half hours and
went to my room but it was remarkably hot and the floor seem
ed very uninviting, the room had not even an^easy" chair^ so
I was forced to return to the Syrians and try and guide their
conversation into less trying channels. I was partially suc
cessful but was profoundly glad when mine host came in look
ing refreshed after his sleep and suggested lunch.
Lunch was on much the same scale as the dinner the
night before and our host did himself very' well indeed which
was particularly surprising as the temperature was certainly
not less than 115 F. After lunch we rested for an hour or so
and then bidding farewell to our host drove the fifty odd
miles back to Riyadh in a dust storm. We got back about 5 p.m
and I had rather more than an hour before I was required to
be present at the^Marabah" I'alaoo for dinner. I bathed and
changed into my Sunday best and did my utmost with a light
coloured gold embroidered ,t Bhist ,f or Gloak and a white muslin
head cloth tastefully decorated with white "forget-me-nots"
to uphold the prestige of the G-overnment of India.
I was no sooner ready than I found Reshdi Mulhes and
Tahir Sffendi waiting so off I went in their company to the
entrance to the ft Marabah ,, Palace, now the courtyard was des
erted except for the Guard of Honour, along empty passages
to-a small office where we sat and waited as we were seem
ingly rather early and then out into a corridor at the end
of which I could see the princes of the blood disappearing
up a narrow staircase, we hurried after them and found our
selves on a flat roof with two rows of divans flanking car
pets at the end of which stood an enormous chair with great
stuffed cushions and a telephone, on either side of which
were two low sofas. The members of the household sat on the
divans on the right and the Amir Abdullah bin Abdur Rahman
His Majesty's brother, and the Amirs Saud and Faisal on the
left. I was introduced to the Amir Abdullah by the Amir Saud
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The volume consists of telegrams, letters, and reports relating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the 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. and the Foreign Office in London, and the Government of India.
Much of the volume covers Saudi-US relations, including:
- US financial assistance to Saudi Arabia;
- the report (ff 146-147) of a medical tour of the country made by the American Mission to Bahrain;
- a trip to Kuwait made by Colonel Hoskins, President Roosevelt's Personal Envoy to Ibn Sa'ud in August 1943;
- the opening of a US Consulate in Dhahran;
- a secret report (ff 223-224) on 'America and Arabia' from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire.
Other subjects covered are:
- the report (ff 79-99) of a trip to Riyadh made by Tom Hickinbotham, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait;
- the wartime supply situation in the region;
- the financial situation in Saudi Arabia;
- Ibn Sa'ud's relationship with Sa'ud bin 'Abdullah bin Jiluwi, the Amir of Hasa;
- telegraphic communications in the country;
- meteorology, including a report (f 181) on the British Meterological Party's tour of Saudi Arabia;
- Ibn Sa'ud's request for British military and financial assistance.
Also notable within the volume are:
- Gerald De Gaury's interview with Ibn Sa'ud (ff 19-22);
- annual summary reports on Saudi Arabia produced by the British Legation in Jeddah for the years 1941, 1942, 1943, and 1944;
- a letter (152-154C) from Bertram Thomas to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire following his trip across Arabia, detailing anything he thought might be useful for the British Government to know;
- a report (f 175) on the Saudi Arabian royal family by the British Legation in Jeddah.
At the end of the volume (ff 249-264) are internal office notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (270 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. There is an alphabetical subject index to the contents, at the front of the volume (folio 2).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and 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. There are the following irregularities: 1A, 1B, and 1C; 28A and 28B; 154A, 154B, and 154C; 216A and 216B.
Condition: the broken spine cover is detached from the volume and enclosed in a plastic sleeve numbered folio 265, at the back of the volume. The plastic sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness to the digital image of the spine cover.
There is a second sequence that is inconsistent. It is also written in pencil but is not circled.
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