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'File 61/11 II (D 42) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz' [71r] (156/622)
The record is made up of 1 volume (307 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1924-10 Jul 1925. It was written in English and French. 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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ENCLOSURE A, t i
Translation of a lettsx from the @x~King Hussein
to the Acting Prim® Minister of the Hejaz^
I haw noted Your Exoellenoy's telepuonio
oomumnioation No.4 of 5.3.1343 (October 6th,1934)
addressed to the Qai^waciaffi of the Royal Palace e&hodyl&g
the information that the represent at ives of the people
of Jeddah are desirous of «y retirement from the
administration. I have always from the time of the
'Arab revolt expressed my complete willingness to
abdicate whenever the people should desire it or it
should appear necessary and all know this to be the
case. My wishes and aims are limited to what is
necessary for the public welfare, happiness and
complete inddpendeno®• The actual leadership is of
small importance to me provided these ends be attained.
Now they have appointed my son All on condition
that the affairs and influence of the Heja» Government
be restricted to its own territory and that a
constitutional form of government be adopted,
notwithstanding that the Arab revolt was based, firstly,
on the principle of the complete independence of all
Arab countries whose boundaries were defined and,
secondly, on the desire to put into force in these
sacred lands the laws of the Quran and the traditions
of the prophet.
To any limitation of the Heja^ I make the following
objections# At the present moment the Hejaa is still
in negotiations for the independence of Arabs in their
countries. Moreover tven without the limitation it can
be seen what dangers abound: as witness Bin Saud's
ambi i ion in occupying Hail, the capital of the Am irate
of Bin Rashid, and Jauf, the country of the ShaUan
family, and his attempt to seise Koweit, his attack on
Asir the princedom of Al A * idh — not to mention his
attack
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the situation in the Hejaz at the time, with Ali entrenched in Jeddah and Ibn Sa'ud's Ikhwan in Mecca. The majority of the correspondence is between Reader Bullard, the British Agent in Jeddah, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Aden, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, the Colonial and Foreign Offices, both in London, the High Commissioner in Jerusalem, the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud himself, or his representatives.
Running through the volume and forming its backbone are several reports by Bullard about the situation on the ground in Jeddah. Around these, much of the papers relate to the question of who will govern the Holy Places of Mecca and Medina once Ali finally leaves.
Other subjects covered in the volume are:
- The motivations and movements of St John Philby and Rosita Forbes;
- The actions of the Wahabi attackers;
- British concern with Indian Muslim opinion on the state of affairs;
- the prospect of a safe Hajj that year;
- reports of Soviet influence in the area;
- what to do about ex-King Hussein.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (307 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio of writing and continues through to the inside back cover. The first four folios are marked 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D, and then proceed as normal from 2 onwards. The numbers are written in pencil, 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.
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- Title
- 'File 61/11 II (D 42) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:15v, 16v:18v, 19v:92v, 93v:99v, 100v:303v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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