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'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [‎33r] (86/522)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (259 folios). It was created in 2 Feb 1931-30 Aug 1934. It was written in English and Arabic. 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
EASTERN (A rabia).
January 3, 1934.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
Mr. Calvert to Sir John Simon.—{Received January 3, 1934.)
(No. 359. Confidential.)
Sir,
Jedda, December 12, 1933.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 325 of the 31st October and to my
telegram No. 216 of the 10th December, relative to the visit of M. Roger Maigret,
French Charge d'Affaires, to Ibn Sand at Riyadh, I have the honour to report
that, as foreshadowed in my telegram under reference, my French colleague, who
arrived back from leave on the 3rd December, left for Riyadh yesterday in a car
provided by the Government in company with Haji Hamdi, the French-Algerian
vice-consul and Fuad Bey Hamza. In my interview with the latter on the
10th December, he admitted that M. Maigret's visit would not be of a purely
personal and private nature as I was informed on the 27th October by Sheikh
Abdullah Suleyman. Conversations would take place on matters of no great
importance, except to the countries concerned, viz., Syria and Saudi Arabia, and
would relate to trade and commercial questions affecting the two countries. Fuad
Bey remarked that he expected to be absent in Nejd for about two weeks, but that
on his return he hoped to be in a position to give Sir Andrew Ryan more
information in regard to the objects of this visit. He also observed that
M. Maigret was " opening the door " of Nejd to other visitors.
2. I understand that M. Maigret's projected visit was known in Syria at the
latest early in November, as the Indian vice-consul of this Legation, passing-
through Damascus about that time on his return from leave in Istanbul, found
rumour very busy with the news. It was stated in some quarters that France
was ready to lend countenance to Ibn Saud in his present political difficulties,
and the wildest conjectures were current .according to which Italy and France
were the "backers " of the Imam and Ibn Saud respectively in the present dispute,
Great Britain, for once, being omitted from the picture.
3. It would be of great interest to learn in due course from His Majesty's
consular officers at Beirut and Damascus, to whom I am sending a copy of this
despatch, whether any light, independent of the perhaps somewhat refracted
information promised by Fuad Bey Hamza, can be thrown from Syria upon the
^ inward reasons for this visit. Can there be among these matters of mutual
commercial interest to the two countries the rather baffling problem of the market
for thrones in Syria?
I have, &c.
A. S. CALVERT.
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The volume contains two original files bound together. The first file (folios 1A-207) has the original reference 61/11 VI (D 102) and covers the period 7 November 1933 to 30 August 1934 and relates to Hejaz-Najd affairs. The second file (folios 208-243) has the original reference 61/6 VII (D 95) and covers the period 2 February 1931 to 5 August 1932 and relates to Najd affairs. Both contain letters, telegrams, memoranda, and reports sent 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 High Commissioner in Baghdad (later the British Embassy following Iraqi independence in 1932), the Colonial Office in London, the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud.

The main subject of the first file is the territorial dispute between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Contained in the volume are papers concerning Saudi Arabian advances into the territories of 'Asir and Yemen and the subsequent Treaty of Taif that largely settled the dispute. There is also coverage of diplomatic conversations between Italy and Britain regarding the dispute, including secret talks in Rome. Included is the full Arabic text of the Treaty (folios 143-150A) and an English translation (folios 156-177).

Other subjects covered in the first file are:

Notable documents contained in the volume are a report on the heads of foreign missions in Jeddah, and a revised (June 1934) report on the leading personalities in Saudi Arabia.

The subjects covered by the second file are:

  • details and significance of a resurgence in war dancing by the Saudis;
  • the visit of Charles Crane to see Ibn Sa'ud;
  • a request for military assistance made by Saudi Arabia to Turkey;
  • the conditions of entry into Hasa for Hindu merchants.

At the end of each file are several pages of internal office notes.

Extent and format
1 volume (259 folios)
Arrangement

Each of the two separate files which make up the volume is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The sequence starts 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 anomalies: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D; 11A and 11B; 24A; 30A; 132A; 143A; 150A; and 236A. There are two other sequences, both uncircled and incomplete.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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