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'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [‎94v] (209/522)

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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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8. I have no further news regarding Saudi military preparations. The
three barges are still lying peacefully off Jedda. The most significant pieces of
information given me by Fuad Bey were that, when war seemed imminent, it was
intended to send the 'Amir Feisal, the King's son, to the front, and that
Ibn Rubaiyan, the Ateyba leader, had marched south. You will have seen from
the Koweit intelligence reports that this chieftain was, in the autumn, supposed
to be more than half-hearted, but eventually decided to obey the King. Early
in the month it was widely rumoured that the Ateyba at Taif were in a rebellious
mood and were even creating disturbances in the town. Whatever the facts, the
Amir Feisal has gone personally to Taif two or three times since the beginning of
January. It may well be that Ibn Rubaiyan's Ateyba have latterly been not so
much disaffected as impatient for action.
9. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosure to His Majesty's
Ambassador in Rome and to the Commissioner at Aden.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Note respecting the Saudi-Yemen Situation.
FUAD BEY HAMZA called on me this morning. We had a long conversa
tion, parts of which were rather involved. The following, though not an exact
record, gives the gist of what passed ;—■
Fuad Bey confirmed what he had told Mr. Calvert yesterday afternoon about
his proposed journey to Abha to meet a representative of the Imam. I asked
whether this was to be the actual conference which had been foreshadowed or
merely a preliminary. Fuad Bey said that, in the intentions of his Government,
it was to be the conference. He added in reply to a further question that he would
have colleagues, but he did not name them; nor did he appear to know of any
Yemeni delegate other than Seyyid Abdullah Ibn Wazir Minister. , the general who has been
in command at Haradh and who has now been called to Sana. News of this gentle
man s departure for Abha was awaited, and Fuad Bey would then proceed. He
Avas to go from Mecca by car via Bisha. He hoped to vary his route coming back
and to do some geographical work, but sounded doubtful as to whether he would
venture as far as Najran for this purpose.
I told Fuad Bey that [ had been completely mystified by the apparent
discrepancies oetween the Umm-al-Qura article of the 16th January, and what he
ad told me 1 said that 1 now reduced the areas in dispute to three, although
there might be more. Firstly, there was Asir Tihama. Here Ibn Saud was in a
strong position, and my only difficulty was that we had never been told what the
inland boundary of Asrr Tihama was. The Saudi Government appeared to be
unwilling to supply this information, though I had given him frequent
opportunities of tellmg me the effect of the Saudi Idrisi Treaty of 1920. Inverting
T? €Xt i took Na .i rai1 ' both the history and geography of
an histmHan 0011 ! r i V was becoming a geographer, I was becoming
Nairan in i-a 11 f f c ^ discover that either of the disputants had really held
neuS area That was wh .y I favoured the idea of its being made a
Tiham^InTn^K ^ 0 a £ eaS 1 S ? id t 1 here was a mountainous region, partly Asir
from the Tlnrm-nl n lS1 * l . rat ' thou gh I could not say where they met. I inferred
be now an imnoi"^^ I lat Beni Malik and Abadil, who appeared to
1 exDlaZed wW C0Iltent l 011 ' were . in the highlands of Asir Tihama.
baffled me. It almnlt rf ^ CCC)U J 1 l t ev ents in the Umm-al-Qura article had so
thought this was in • aS .ruY Amir Saud had gone off on his own,
personage got no wireless ? lble - Wh y> for instance, had so important a
his and a iiewsnluIeT ^'iVil 'l'^ l ■ were ail y discrepancy between statements of
did not seriOTdy raetend that T must nat » rall y be P referred -
intimated that some of the dates mirfit^n-T 8 a "y thln S but inspired, but he
defence was, however that th» L g . ? be I" 116 n g ht - Hls main ! m \-
words. The fact was that at am actl 5 )ns were quite at variance with his
activities among the Beni Malik andVh^Ti the 9th Januar y the ^ main H
1 Mallk and Abadil had gone the length of invasion and

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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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