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'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [51r] (122/522)
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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his document is the property op his britannic majesty's government
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E ASTERN (A rabia )! ^ February 19, 1934:.
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CONFIDENTIAL. Section 2.
T-y [E 1103/79/25] No. 1.
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suito||, Sir A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—{Received February 19.)
3 is at (No. 33.)
accori Jedda, February 6, 1934.
vensoi WITH reference to my telegram No. 16 of the 3rd February, I have the
, i r J honour to forward herewith a careful precis of the telegrams regarding the
Saudi-Yemen situation, which Taufiq Bey Hamza came from Mecca to show me
sm » on the 2nd February. () Although I took copies of the telegrams before returning
, them, I think that you will find them at least as intelligible in this form as if 1
submitted even lengthier literal translations.
2. It is no new thing for Ibn Saud to cause sheaves of telegrams to be
brought to the knowledge of the Legation by special emissaries. What is more
unusual is that all the present telegrams are carefully dated, and that steps were
taken to communicate to me the last and most important of them 1 within
forty-eight hours of its despatch. I may add that Taufiq Bey, who has none of
10Ilgw | s his brother Fuad's experience and little of his assurance, appeared to be terribly
e mk nerv0lis - He speaks French quite passably, but he begged me to provide an
he nr interpreter, although he had nothing to do except to hand me the texts for perusal
«ta! and return -
3. I do not feel that at this stage 1 can add anything useful to the comments
K contained i 11 m y telegram under reference. The situation seems to be approaching
some sort of a denouement, and will probably have taken on a quite new aspect
by the time you receive this despatch. I need only call your attention to the fact
that the correspondence, judged by the references and internal evidence, does not
appear to be quite complete. There is much about incidents in the frontier region,
but little to indicate their exact nature.
4. You are aware that the Jebel Faifa is extremely marginal. In this
connexion I may refer back to paragraph 5 of my despatch No. 23 of the
17th January, 1933.
5. Taufiq Bey left the telegrams with me on the understanding that I should
tow ie ^ urn them to him as soon as possible. Before I could do so, however, he decided
I not to wait, and requested me to send the texts after him under cover of a personal
!v " letter. This gave me an opportunity of writing next day a letter, of which I
enclose a copy^ 1 ) and of expressing in it my hope that the local incidents would
be smoothed over, so as to enable the conference to meet in favourable conditions.
■ j 6. I still hear of great military activity in connexion with the collection
!Uu of motor transport and the mobilisation of further troops. There is said to be
much^recruiting in the Northern Hejaz and the adjoining parts of Nejd,
' f a ^ With reference to the concluding portions of paragraph 5 of my despatch
II 1 No. 15 of the 23rd January, and paragraph 2 of my despatch No. 26 of the
n t:. January, I now learn from two independent sources, of which Mr. Philby
ii * * is one, that the Amir Feisal went three or four days ago to hunt at a place not far
f, 0 irom Medina. This is unexpected news, as I rather thought that the Amir might
tio' 1 leave Taif for the south at any moment. It is barely possible that the report of
i# north is a blind, but it is hardly in the Saudi manner to use such a device
1- - rather than to maintain silence. Mr. Philby suggests that the Amir and the
l^ing may intend to meet, though not in the direction he at first suggested. He
still says that the Amir is eager to go south, but that, in his opinion, the King
will not let him go. As for myself, I am still greatly interested in the prince's
niovements, but I prefer to hazard no surmise as to the ultimate intentions of
either father or son in this respect.
a i ^ an ! sending copies of this despatch and enclosures to His Majesty's
Ambassador in Rome and His Majesty's Chief Commissioner at Aden.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Not printed.
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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:
- the visit of M. Maigret, the French Charge D'Affairs, to Riyadh to speak with Ibn Sa'ud;
- the visit of Talaat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Harb;
- a provisional agreement signed by the United States and Saudi Arabia;
- the prospect of gold in commercial quantities in the Hejaz.
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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