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'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous' [159r] (344/522)
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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to a third 'oarty, ileither of the two parties shall he
bound to concede to the other party more than he received
in return.
The frontier line which divides the ±im countries
of the two rli^h Contracting Parties is explained in
sufficient detail hereundero This line is considered as
a fixed dividing "boundary between the territories suhQect
to eacho
The frontier line "between the two Kingdoms begins
at a point half way between 2!ed:l ana al Mtisim on the coast
of the Bed Sea and (run£; u.; to the mountains of the Tih ^ma
in an easterly direction.. It then turns northwards until
it ends on the north -west boundary between the Beni Jama' a
and (the tribes) adjacent to them on the north and west.
It then bends east, until it ends at a point between the
limits of Naqa'a and Va'&r, which belong to the iJaila tribe,
and the limits of the Yam. It then bends until it reaches
the pass of Harwan and ' A a aba P/ifada. It then oends
eastwards until it ends? on the east, on the edge ox the
boundary between those of the Mamdan bin Zaid, T/aila, etc. ,
who are outside Yam? and Yam. Everything on one right
hand side of the above mentioned line, which runs from the
point mentioned on the sea shore up to the end of the borders
on all sides of the mountains mentioned, snail belong to the
Yemen, and everything on the left of the above mentioned line
shall belong to the ■Saudi Arab Kingdom. On the Yemen side
are Medi, Haradh, part of the Karth tribe, Mir, the Dhahir
mountains, Shada, Shay'a, part of the 'Abftdil, all the country
and the mountains of P.azih,, Kanbah, with 'Arwa Al Amshaykh.
all the country and the mountains of Beni J ™ a ' ?' ash "
ITS , TMe iV/wnwiH MS" or ' H£ Jf""* ^
Shim/the whole of Sah£r, Kaqa'a, 7a'ar, the whole of Jaila,
and also Par 1 with 'Agabat Ilahuqa, the whole of Hamdam bin
/Zaid
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- Content
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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:11v, 11ar:11bv, 12v:17v, 19r:24v, 24ar:24av, 25r:29v, 30v:67v, 68v:74v, 76v:83v, 91v:96r, 97v:128r, 129r:132v, 132ar:132av, 133r:142v, 143ar:143av, 151r:247v, back-i
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