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'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [‎99v] (219/522)

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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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The favourable news reported above should, however, in m) opinion, be
iudsred in the light of the rapid changes in the situation in the Arabian
penLula A telegram dated the 11th February, 1934, from Sanaa stated that
new difficulties had apparently arisen in regard to the outcome of the negotiations
between Saudia and the Yemen. In fact on the 10th February a report i S said
to have reached Sanaa that Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud had moved off at the head ot
his army ("si era spostato con i suoi armati and was heading tor Nejran,
whereas, according to the agreements which had been ailived at, military niove-
ments should have been suspended, the Seif-el-Islam Ahmed remaining at Saada
and Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud at Abha. , . n „
In these circumstances, while for our part we continue to follow with all
attention the development of events and to influence the Imam in a sense favour
able to a solution of the existing differences, we maintain an attitude of reserve
in regard to the merits of such differences in conformity with the conclusions and
the spirit of the conversations of Rome 1927. .fl
In the last paragraph of your letter of the 24th January, your Excellency
set forth the motives which led the British Government to think that the moment
was undesirable to proceed with the conversations proposed b) the Italian
Government. Vour Excellency stated, ititw o^lia, that one of the principal
reasons which induced the Eoreign Office to assume this attitude was that the
points of view of the Italian and British Governments in regard to Asir and in
regard to the rights of the Imam over that region were completely divergent.
I think it useful to observe in this connexion that in accordance with the
statements contained in paragraph 2 of the note verhale of the Royal Ministry for
Foreign Affairs of the 23rd December last, the Italian Government, conforming
to the spirit of the conclusions of the conversations of Rome, holds that no
particular attitude should be adopted (" di non dovere comunque assumere
posizione ") in regard to the differences which separate the two Arab States, and
hence in regard to the question of Asir which is the principal bone of contention
between them. It does not seem, therefore, possible to assert that the points of
view of the Italian and British Governments in this connexion are divergent
since the Italian Government, I repeat, holds that no particular attitude should
be adopted.
With regard to the attitude adopted by His Britannic Majesty's Government,
the Italian Government has already had occasion in the above-mentioned note
verhcde, to draw attention to the fact that the representatives of the British
Government, during the conversations of Rome, declared that all territorial
questions in regard to Asir and in general concerning the frontiers between the
Hejaz and the Yemen were regarded as an internal Arabian question, which did
not interest the British Government. In the same note verhale was expressed the
confidence that His Britannic Majesty's Government would maintain their
determination to avoid all formal and direct recognition of the sovereignty of Ibn
baud over Asir, and would also abstain from adopting any particular position in
regard to the differences between the two Arabian States.'
lurther, the Anglo-Italian conversations proposed by the Italian Government
were designed to have the same confidential character, as the conversations of
Rome of 1927, and since they would not become known in Arabia they could not
influence the course of the negotiations at present being conducted between the
two Arabian States. They would thus serve a useful purpose in defining the
points of view of the Italian and British Governments, who have always
co-opei ated in a friendly spirit for the maintenance of peace in the Arabian
peninsula.
SUVICH.

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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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