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'File 61/11 I (D 41) Relations between Nejd and Hejaz' [‎53r] (118/600)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (295 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1923-6 Nov 1924. 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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H.E; the British Agent, Jeddah.
After respects.
I have the honour to refer to the
notifications communicated by His Majesty's Government
to ray Government to the effect that no attack whatever
should be iaa.de against His Excellency the Sultan of
Nejd Ibn Saud, and to the similar notifications which,
it is understood, have been coimunicated to him.
According to trustworthy information which
is continually reaching us from various sources, His
Excellency is taking steps through his official in
IM1, the capital of the territory of Ibn Rashid, to
advance ag^tinat the railway just as the honourable
French Republic attacked the branch of that railway
at Damascus an attack against which the Hejaz
Government protested officially, as is known to His
Majesty's Government. Moreover at the beginning of
this week he attacked the people of Arba's Mubaraq,
that is, the tents of Beduins of ours who live to the
east of Taif at a place about ICC kilometres distant
from one of the government centres, killing one man,
a woman and a child and stealing four camels. I
find it necessary to ask Your Excellency about the
opinion of His Majesty's Government in this case,
lest in our measures of defence we be compelled to
advance. la this contrary to their views?
The rights of friendship and sincerity
compel us to ask another question, viz., regarding
the intention of the people of T ejd to come down
(to Mecca) this year. If they are villagers and
citizens.

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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to relations between Najd and the Hejaz. 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 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.

Most of the volume covers events leading up to, and immediately after, the Ikhwan's capture of Taif, including Hussein ibn 'Ali's abdication and his son 'Ali's attempts to retain control of the Hejaz. There is a detailed report of the capture of Taif by Bullard (folios 186-201, 273-281). The documents reflect British concern with the reaction of Indian Muslims, with duplicates of correspondence regularly forwarded to numerous offices back in India. Some papers are about the effort to evacuate British Indian refugees and pilgrims from the region.

Other subjects covered in the volume are:

  • the build-up to and ultimate failure of the Kuwait Conference of 1923-24;
  • King Fuad of Egypt's suspected financial backing of Ibn Sa'ud's takeover of the Hejaz;
  • the defining of the Hejaz-Trans-Jordan border;
  • the motivations and movements of St John Philby and Rosita Forbes, both of whom were thought to be trying to gain entryinto Central Arabia.

Notable in the volume are a newspaper cutting from The Times of Mesopotamia , dated 13 July 1923, regarding treaty negotiations between Britain and King Hussein (folio 4), and extracts of letters from Ameen Rihani to Ibn Sa'ud that had been intercepted by the British and which offer advice on foreign policy.

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1 volume (295 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is arranged chronologically. The internal office notes at the back of the volume (renumbered as folios 247-258) include a chronological list of the main contents, together with a simple, running index number from 1 to 111. These index numbers are also written on the front of the documents they refer to, in red or blue crayon and encircled, to help identify and locate them within the volume.

Physical characteristics

Main foliation sequence: numbers are written in pencil and circled, in the top right corner on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering, which starts on the front cover of the volume and ends on the inside back cover, is as follows: 1A-1D, 2-262.

Secondary and earlier foliation sequence: the numbers 1 to 322 are written in pencil in the top right corner on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio, except for the internal office notes at the back of the volume, which are paginated in pencil from 1 to 23. Published copies of four British Government reports at the front of the volume (renumbered as folios 2-63) also have pencilled page numbers written on them.

Condition: broken spine cover.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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