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'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [97r] (214/522)
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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treaty should be drawn up, signed and made public immediately. As regards
the question of Najran, negotiations should be conducted in a conference to be
held for that purpose by delegations from the two parties, with a view to settling
it in such a manner as to preserve the interests of both and to prevent harm
befalling them. There is still a strong hope that the proposed conference will
overcome the difficulties and settle the trouble in a way which will preserve the
interests of both parties as well as the interests of the people of Najran
themselves. His Majesty the King sent this suggestion to his Highness the Imam
Yahya on the 17th Ramadan (the 3rd January, 1934), but his Highness the
Imam Yahya, as frequently happens, delayed his reply either accepting or
refusing the suggestion. It happened during that time that certain of those in
the mountains of the Tihamat Asir caused disturbances because of the intrigues
of certain of his Highness the Imam Y^ahya's Amirs, which caused a bad effect,
particularly in Nejd. Meanwhile, orders had already been issued to his Highness
the Amir Saud, heir apparent of the Saudi Arab Kingdom, to march south with
a Nejdi force; orders had likewise been issued to his Highness the Amir Feisal
to march south along the Tihama coast. On the 23rd Ramadan (the 9th
January, 1934), however, a message was received from his Highness the Imam
Yahya to the effect that he agreed to the suggestion of His Majesty the King
and that his Highness admitted the activities and interference of his Amirs,
in the matter of stirring up disturbances, amongst the Bani Malik and the Abadil.
He stated that he had issued orders to prevent this and asked His Majesty to
grant pardon to those who had committed these acts; and he manifested readiness
to conclude the treaty and to depute a delegation. Thereupon orders were at
once issued to the Amir Feisal to stop his march, but the Amir Saud had already
started with a force in cars, and it was not possible for the orders to return
to reach him; so he continued on his way.
The Government have made certain that the attitude of his Highness the
Amir Saud in that direction of the kingdom will be one ensuring tranquillity in
affairs and precluding any aggression or hostility, unless the situation should
necessitate it for purposes of defence, which the Government hope will not be
the case, they hope also that his Highness the Imam Yahya will expedite the
settlement of the matter, so that the Islamic and Arab worlds may repose in
the amicable settlement of this affair.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Sir A. Ryan to Fuad Bey.
My dear Fuad Bey, Jedda, January 23, 1934.
I HAVE naturally kept my Government fully informed of our conversations
regarding the situation between this country and the Yemen, including that of
the 9th January when your Excellency was good enough to inform me of the
latest proposals made by His Majesty the King to the Imam, the reply to which
was awaited, and your telephone message of the 16th January, when you told
me that the situation was unchanged, but that the Imam's reply was expected that
evening or the next day. I also telegraphed to the Secretary of State a summary
of the article which appeared in the Umm-al-Qura of the 16th January, and
which is referred to in the following communication, which I have been instructed
to make to your Excellency in the form of a personal letter.
My Government learnt on the 13th January that Colonel Reilly, who as
you know has been at Sana for some time, had just urged on the Imam, not for
the first time, the desirability of a friendly settlement of the differences between
him and His Majesty and was told that negotiations between the two rulers were
progressing. This seemed to tally with what your Excellency had told me on
the 9th January, even though the question of Najran still presented difficulty,
and as I have stated above, you told me on the 16th January that the position
was unchanged. In these circumstances. His Majesty's Government, whose only
object is to promote peace and stability in Arabia, are perturbed to learn from
the Umm-al-Qura that in consequence of some local disturbance His Royal
Highness the heir apparent had been ordered to the front before the arrival of a
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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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