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'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous' [178r] (372/530)
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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3
.Nif Bey Hamza and reported in Sir Andrew's despatches Nos. 168 and 193 of the
^tfjl Sth June and the 23rd June respectively, that King Ibn Sand's claim that
Nejran is definitely to be considered as Saudi territory can necessarily be accepted
%ij .as indisputable. It is to be observed that no reference to a settlement on this
[11 W point is contained in the official Saudi proclamation regarding the results of the
negotiations of 1931, a translation of which was enclosed in Sir Andrew Ryan's
stiici despatch No. 486 of the 19th December, 1931. Nor does it appear, from the
information at my disposal, that Nejran had in fact been in the effective occu-
Btt ■ pation either of King Ibn Sand or of the Imam in recent years. It is, therefore,
ulktnot absolutely clear that King Ibn Sand, in contemplating the ejection of the
V Yemeni troops from Nejran, can in fact be considered to be defending what is
s J, indisputably his own territory in the same way as would be the case if it were
Wi! a question of resisting a Yemeni or Idrisi incursion into territory in his
K effective occupation. It may, indeed, be that it would be more correct to regard
such action by King Ibn Sand as an attempt to occupy territory, the ownership
/ of which has hitherto been doubtful. Without further information, however,
?i-as to the status and recent history of Nejran it is somewhat difficult to express
^ '.an opinion on this point.
W 15. Before taking his leave. Sheikh Hafiz Wahba reverted to the enquiries
: : which he had made at the interview recorded in the earlier part of this despatch,
* r ^as to the assistance which His Majesty's Government might be able to give to
rer: '-King Ibn Sand. He explained that His Majesty had in mind an understanding
between himself and His Majesty's Government—which should, however, be
^ - kept strictly secret—by which His Majesty's Government would promise him
l, %their moral support and he, on his side, should guarantee all British interests
the Yemen should he prove successful against the Imam. In reply to this
Wt,statement, the Minister was informed that the arrangement proposed would be
®r:something very like an alliance between the two countries. Sheikh Hafiz Wahba
.pit replied that King Ibn Sand did not expect armed assistance from His Majesty's
t ill G overnment, but only desired material help in two directions, namely, a loan and
tetehe supply of arms.
16. The Minister was informed that, as he was aware, the question of a
lialk loan to the Saudi Government was most carefully and sympathetically examined
Mtiilast year, when the matter was raised here by the Saudi mission headed by the
fajiEmir Feisal, and that it had then been found impossible to accede to the Saudi
| ew iGovernment's request. The position in this matter was unchanged. As regards
(UgitiJ'the supply of arms, there was no reason, as Sheikh Hafiz Wahba knew, why the
Saudi Government should not buy arms from the manufacturers whenever and
L ^(Wherever they wished. It appeared, however, that King Ibn Sand was in fact
^suggesting that His Majesty's Government should arrange the supply to him of
' g arms on especialjy favourable terms (to this the Minister agreed); this suggestion
■. appeared to amount in fact to a request for financial facilities in a different form,
i and the reply of His Majesty's Government could only be the same as that which
^■^they had been obliged to make to the Saudi Government's request for a loan.
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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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- 'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1ev, 8v:11v, 15r:43v, 45v:56v, 59r:64r, 69v:118v, 120v:127v, 128v:133v, 134v:149v, 151v:161v, 162v:164v, 166r:166v, 168r:171v, 172v:174v, 175v:179v, 181r:201r, 202v:212v, 222r:225r, 226r:243v, 244v:256v, back-i
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