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'11/7 SAUDI ARMS REGULATIONS' [‎20r] (39/72)

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The record is made up of 1 file (34 folios). It was created in 10 Jan 1936-15 Apr 1936. It was written in English. 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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D # 0,yo>l73»;i of 1936.
The KeBidenoy,
Buehire, the 27th February 1936.
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Could you please refer to your demi-officlP-1 letter
Ho. P.2. 63/36, dated the tctfi January 1936, on the subject
of the recent Saudi Arabian Artne Regulations.
2. As far au the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. is concerned ny cormaente
are as follows.
3.
(a) Muscat . This Stats is too far rsnoved from
Saudi Arabia to be affected.
(b) Bahrain . Loch points out the differentiation
between natives of Saudi Arabia and forelgnere
under Articles XVI and XVII of the Regulations
l.e. a Saudi tribeeman will only give up his
arms at the first guard police station in the
locality, while a foreigner at the first desert
police station in the frontier aoue. A foreigner
may therefore have to proceed on his way unarmed
in dangerous are**. However, Bahrainis do not
visit the interior of Saudi Arabia in any large
numbers so presumably this will not affect them
very much.
(c) Trucial Jo^at . I era asking Loch for his opinion
as to the effect of the Regulations on the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and will let you know when 1 have
received hi a reply.
( d ) Kuwait . I enclose & copy of a letter, So.C*62
of the 18th February 1936, from de Gaury, from
which /
J.C. alt on Esquire, CR. , tfC.,
The 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. ,
Lendon.

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This file concerns new arms regulations concerning the prohibition of the import, sale, carrying and possession of arms in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which were issued by Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] in October 1935. The correspondence in the file is between Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, and Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire. In addition, there are copies of correspondence with John Charles Walton, 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. , London; Sir Andrew Ryan, His Majesty's Ambassador, Jedda; George William Rendel, Foreign Office, London; and Albert Spencer Calvert, British Legation, Jedda.

The correspondence includes a translation of the regulations consisting of twenty-four articles published on 3 Shabān 1354 [31 October 1935] in the Saudi newspaper Umm al Qura [Umm al-Qurá] (folios 8-15); highlights of articles that immediately affect foreigners (folios 17-18); the effect of the regulations on Bahraini shaikhs going to the mainland for hawking (folio 18); the effect of the regulations on Muscat, Bahrain, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Kuwait (folios 19-21, as well as Qatar (folio 22); and Ryan's views concerning how the policy will affect internal politics in Saudi Arabia (folios 28-31).

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1 file (34 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. File notes appear at the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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