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'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous' [‎119r] (254/530)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 12 May 1932-28 Dec 1933. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
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March 21, 1933.
Section 4.
[E 1493/2/2S] No. 1
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fly Sir A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—(Received March 21.)
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J ^ irj 7 Jedda, March 3, 1933.
' WITH reference to Mr. Hope Gill's printed despatch No. 51 of the
15th February and previous correspondence relative to the relations between
Ibn Saud and the Imam Yahya, I have the honour to forward translations of an
article published in the Umm-al-Qura of the 17th February and an official
communique published on the 24th February.
2. The first of these papers purports to describe the results achieved by the
emissary sent by Ibn Saud to the Imam in November. It is pretty vague, but you
^ c will observe that the Imam is stated to have accepted '' four points '' stated by
Ibn Saud, subject to additions of his own. I am not clear at the moment as to
afc what past negotiations are referred to in the immediately preceding passage in
which Sheikh Muhammad-bin-Dileym and Sheikh Madhi-bin-Turki are
it mentioned. What is more important is the concluding statement that the Imam
" has asked for the despatch of accredited representatives to negotiate a definite
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agreement.
3. As Ibn Saud's emissary left Sana very early in January, the letter
described in the Umm-ul-Qura of the 17th February must have been written some
? time before the escape of the Idrisi into the Yemen threatened a fresh strain on
the relations between the two rulers. I reported by telegraph at the time my
conversations with Fuad Bev Hamza on this subject on the 3rd and 9th February.
The communique of the 24th February, which I now forward, confirms m an
' i[l1 amplified form what Fuad Bey told me on the second of these dates. It states
inter alia that , the King has promised amnesty not only to the Idrisi, but to all
lyemte fos fellow-refugees, on condition of their immediate return to Saudi Arabia. It
wmit re p r esents the situation in Asir itself as having been completely restored to
imp- normal.
k 4. I have no further information up to date regarding the actual surrender
of the Idrisi. It would be unsafe to take it for granted until it is known to have
taken place, but it looks as though any serious danger of armed conflict between
Ibn Saud and the Imam had been averted for the time being. ^ .
5 I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosures to His Ma3esty s High
Commissioners for Egypt and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , to His Majesty's Chief Commissioner
at Aden and to the Senior Naval Officer, Red Sea Sloops.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
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Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Extract from the Mecca Umm-al-Qura, No. 427 of Shawwal 22, 1351
{February 17, 1933).
(Translation.) *
44 O n the P ath of A rab U nity— N egotiations with the Y emen."
IN No. 412 of the Umm-al-Qura, of the 5th Rajab, 1351 (the 4th November,
1932), an account was given of the endeavours made by His Majesty the King
towards the unification of Arabs, the unity of their nations and reciprocity
b e t W een thoir countries
His Majesty deputed a representative to convey from His Majesty a letter
in this respect to his Highness the Imam Yahya Hamiduddin, and we promised
[739 x—4]

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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence is mostly between 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 Kuwait, Bahrain, and Muscat, the Colonial Office, and the Government of India.

The main subjects of the volume are:

  • the change in name from 'The Kingdom of the Hejaz-Nejd and its Dependencies' to 'The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia';
  • the announcement of Ibn Sa'ud's eldest son, Prince Sa'ud, as the heir apparent to the throne;
  • the territorial dispute between Yemen and Saudi Arabia after the latter's absorption of the 'Asir region into its kingdom.

A copy of the 23 September 1932 issue of the newspaper Umm al-Qura is contained in the volume (folios 57-58). It features the Royal Order proclaiming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Other miscellaneous subjects covered in the volume include:

  • relations between Italy and Saudi Arabia;
  • a dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and his agent in Bahrain, al-Quasaibi [‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Qusaibi], over a debt the former owes the latter;
  • a revolt against Ibn Sa'ud by tribes loyal to ex-King Hussein coming from Sinai;
  • a request for a loan made by Ibn Sa'ud to the British Government;
  • relations between the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia;
  • relations between the USA and Saudi Arabia, including the visit of a Mr Gallant looking for oil concessions;
  • concessions for the building of the railway between Mecca and Jeddah;
  • the prospect of Saudi Arabia joining the League of Nations;
  • the case of two slave girls seeking refuge at the British Legation in Jeddah.

Other documents of note contained in the volume are:

  • a copy of a new customs tariff for Saudi Arabia (folios 122-134)
  • a 'Who's Who' of Saudi Arabia, produced by the British Legation in Jeddah and covering all those deemed important to know by the British (folios 183-200);
  • an envelope containing the torn-out pages of an article in the International Affairs journal (Vol. 12, No. 4, Jul., 1933, pp 518-534) entitled 'Ibn Sa'ud and the Future of Arabia.'

At the back of the volume (folios 245-251) are internal office notes.

Extent and format
1 volume (261 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is arrranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio and continues to the inside back cover. The numbers are 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. Note that following f 1 are folios 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D. The sequence then continues as normal from folio 2. There are two other foliation systems present but both are inconsistent and neither are circled.

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