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'File 61/11 VII (D 122) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [56r] (124/454)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 23 Jun 1934-30 Apr 1936. 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 (A rabia ). January 28, 1935.
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 3.
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[E 600/291/25] No, 1.
Si?' A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—{Received January 28.)
(No. 2.)
HIS Majesty's Minister at Jedda presents his compliments to His Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
to him the annual report on the heads of foreign missions at this capital.
Jedda, January 6, 1935.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Report on Heads of Foreign Missions in Jedda.
(Paragraphs marked with an asterisk are reproduced from the previous reports
indicated at the end of each.)
A fghanistan.
NOTHING further has been heard in Jedda of Salahuddin Khan Saljuqi,
who was Afghan consul at Bombay in 1933 and was appointed consul in Jedda
also, but stayed for only a short portion of the pilgrimage season. A certain
Sayyid Abdul Hamid Khan, who was understood to have succeeded him in
Bombay, arrived in Jedda on the 16th March, 1934, and left some weeks later.
He apparently regarded himself as being consul during his stay, but the Saudi
Government do not seem to have made any announcement, and he did not establish
official relations with the British Legation. So far as there is any Afghan
consulate in this country at all, it is run by an obscure clerk at Mecca.
Egypt.
Abdul Hamid Munir Effendi was appointed consul in August last m
succession to Hafiz Amer, the late consul, who was transferred to a post at
Baerdad while on leave. The new consul had not arrived in Jedda U P tjO ^he end
of December He is described as a man of 36, who was employed as Chanceiier
in the consulate at Geneva in 1923. He served subsequently as vice-consul at
Lyons and at Rome, and has been since 1928 attache at the Legation m Madi id
Pending his arrival, the consulate at Jedda remains in charge of a colourless but
amiable vice-consul named Hasan Abou Alam.
France
*M. Roger Maigret holds the position of permanent Charge d Affaires but
the French Government have shown unwillingness to make his post more an
a consulate, despite the conclusion of a general treaty with Ibn Saud m November
1931. He is a man of perhaps 60, and has had a long career m the French Is ear
East service. He was employed in Morocco for many years prior to 1921, an
appears to have had only a moderate reputation there. He was subsequently consul-
general in Iraq. He is intelligent and witty, has a considerable knowledge of
Arab countries, and boasts in his lighter moments of an equal knowledge of the
Parisian underworld, as a result of having cultivated m his conscrip
days. When I first knew him he was always very ready to talk about Morocco,
which we both knew, but was more reticent about affairs nearer to us, notwith^
standing professions of friendship which were sometimes almost smarmy,
found him rather more communicative in 1932, but we met lare y unng my
I
[306 ee—3]
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Foreign Office in London, the Political Residencies in Bushire and Aden, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat, the High Commissioner in Trans-Jordan, the British Embassy in Baghdad, the Colonial Office in London, 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. in London, the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud.
The volume covers a wide range of subjects, including:
- the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, including issues of the translation of the Treaty of Taif;
- the planning, development, and financing of roads;
- the differing characters of two of Ibn Sa'ud's sons, Amirs Sa'ud and Faisal;
- the appointment of new ministers in the Saudi Arabian government;
- the slave trade in the region;
- an Egyptian commercial and financial mission to the country led by Talaat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Harb;
- a general amnesty for all 'political offenders' given by Ibn Sa'ud;
- new regulations on foreign ownership of property;
- Ibn Sa'ud's effort to improve the Saudi Arabian standing army;
- the French upgrade of their Consulate in Jeddah to a Legation;
- the general financial situation in Saudi Arabia;
- the proposal to restore the Hejaz Railway, including the lead up to a conference on the matter in Haifa in October 1935;
- an attempt on Ibn Sa'ud's life in Mecca;
- Saudi-Soviet relations;
- the activities of the Saudi Arabia Mining Syndicate;
- Amir Sa'ud's visit to Europe;
- the death of 'Abdullah ibn Jiluwi, Amir of Hasa;
- the prospect of Saudi Arabia joining the League of Nations;
- new Saudi regulations on the importation, sale, and possession of firearms;
- officer training for Saudis and Yemenis in Iraq;
- the introduction of a special import tax at Jeddah to fund local schools;
- Anglo-Italian relations;
- the proposal to renew the Treaty of Jeddah of 1927;
- unrest in Hasa due to the imposition of a 'jihad tax' on those who did not take part in recent fighting on behalf of the Kingdom.
Notable in the volume is an interview with Fuad Bey Hamza, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, extracted from the newspaper Ayyam (folio 34).
At the back of the volume (folios 207-213v) are internal office notes.
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- 1 volume (223 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The sequence begins on the first folio and continues through 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. There are the following irregularities: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D; 88, and 88A; 165 and 165A. There is a second foliation system that is uncircled and inconsistent.
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