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'File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous' [19r] (45/366)
The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 1930-4 Apr 1932. 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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this document is the property of his britannic majesty's government.
EASTERN (Arabia ). July 28, 1930.
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CONFIDENTIAL. \/W I \ ] S ection 2.
E 4049/334/91] No. 1.
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Sir A. Ryan to Mi'. A. Henderson.—(Received July 28.}
(No. 158. Confidential.) ) 4
Sir, ^ y Jedda, July 1, 19 ( 30.
WITH reference to my telegrams Xos. 94 and 95 of the 3()tli June, I have the
honour to state that Sheikh Hafiz Wahba, the Hejaz-Nejd Minister Designate in
ti London, left for his post to-day, taking the Khedivial steamship " Taif " as far as Suez.
I gave a small dinner party in his honour last evening, in the course of which he said
that he expected to stay about a fortnight in Egypt and would go on to London via
Marseilles.
2. The record of Sheikh Hafiz Wahba is so well known to you that it is
unnecessary for me to say anything of his antecedents. I have not seen enough of
him to have formed any personal estimate of his present outlook. I give with reserve
the following impressions derived from reports which have reached me:—
(а) He would be glad to see much closer relations between Great Britain and this
country on terms favourable to the latter.
(б) He is hostile to the " Syrian party," the protagonists in which are Sheikhs
Fuad Hamza and Yussef Yassin, and is specially hostile towards the latter.
(c) His own position vis-d-vis of the King is probably that the latter values his
opinions, but frequently finds them unpalatable. He himself finds the
King difficult. He told one of my informants, nevertheless, that a special
code had been arranged which would enable him to communicate with
Ibn Saud independently of the Syrians.
{d) He does not think that the King is disposed to break with the Syrians at
present, perhaps for reasons connected with ultimate aspirations in regard
to Syria. It is suggested even that Ibn Saud hopes one day to secure the
- throne of that country for one of his sons.
3. I may mention in this connexion that reports have been rife for some time to
the effect that the King intends to make the Emir Feisal Minister for Foreign Affairs,
retaining the services of Fuad Hamza as a subordinate.
4. Hafiz W T ahba told the informant already mentioned that the Hejaz Government
intended to establish consulates at Bombay and Singapore, and that there was a
dispute as to whether they should be under him as Minister in London or directly
under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs here.
5. I am not circulating this despatch to any other post.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
[16-6 ee—2]
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to Hejaz affairs. 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 Foreign and Colonial Offices in London, and the Government of India.
The majority of the volume concerns the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Hejaz-Najd and its Dependencies, especially the financial difficulties it was experiencing at the time and attempts to counter them.
Other subjects covered are:
- the prospect of the Kingdom joining the League of Nations;
- the appointment of a Minister in London;
- al-Qusaibi's proposed visit to London;
- the different uses of the title "Sheikh";
- American recognition of Ibn Sa'ud as King;
- the mineral prospecting of the American millionaire Mr C. R. Crane;
- American appraisal of the water situation in the region;
- the religious policing activities of the Committee of Virtue in the Hejaz;
- the arrest of two members of the royal family between Kuwait and Zubair;
- the territorial dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and Yemen;
- relations between Ibn Sa'ud and Italy.
A notable document within the volume is a confidential report on the heads of all foreign missions in Jeddah (folios 163-164).
At the back of the volume (folios 165-170) are office file notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. There is a partial and non-alphabetical list of subjects at the front of the volume (folio 2). The list identifies some of the earlier subject correspondence in the volume and where it occurs, according to its original numbering, as folios 17 to 41a.
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Foliation: The sequence starts on the first page with ff 1A-1D and then continues from f 2 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. The are the following anomalies: f 38A; f 91A; f 108A; f 128A; f 146A; there is no f 119.
There are two more sequences that are inconsistent and incomplete.
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- 'File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:38v, 38ar:38av, 39r:108v, 108ar:108av, 109r:128v, 128ar:128av, 129r:146v, 146ar:146av, 147r:158v, 159v:160v, 161v:174v, back-i, back
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