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'File 8/7 I Jidda Intelligence Reports' [‎17r] (33/536)

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The record is made up of 1 file (266 folios). It was created in Jul 1931-Dec 1934. 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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alternative proposal made by the Acting High Commissioner for Trans
jordan that they should themselves, as Mandatory for Trans-Jordania,
conclude such aii agreement with Ibn Sa’ud. In any event, such an agree
ment would be hardly workable in the face of hostility between the Arab
authorities on either side. His Majesty’s Government therefore preferred
to rely for the present on the existing policy of frontier co-operation.
30. Allegations against Captain Without waiting longer for
the information asked for in his telegram of August 1st to Trans-Jordan.
His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires took advantage of the presence of the
Hejazi tinder Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Jedda on the 2nd September
to reply to the June allegations against Captain Glubb on the lines laid
down bv His Majestv’s Government (July-August Tteport, paragraphs .^9
and 30). He read to Fuad Bey enough of Captain Glubb’s reply of the
14th June to answer all the allegations and to meet his further questioning,
without having to touch upon the details on which further information was
awaited. Fuad Bey, as was to be expected, fastened upon the one case of
“retaliatory confiscation’’ admitted by Captain Glubb. He asked whether
His Majesty’s Government condoned or supported such action, but Mr. Hope
Gill remained non-committal and treated the question as hardly serious.
Faud Bey dropped it, but left the impression that he would raise it again
when he got the chance. He has not yet done so, however.
31. MacDonnell Investigation .—Ibn Sa’ud’s reply to the anounce-
ment of His Majestv’s Government’s arbitral finding on raid-claims prior
to the 1st of August 1930 (July-August Report, paragraph 31) was made on
the 10th September. While accepting the finding as binding and noting
the cancellation of claims on both sides of the line, he was unable to refrain
from going over old ground, criticising the weakness of the investigation,
discounting the effects of his denial of Nejd territory to the investigator,
and protesting that all available witnesses had been produced His Majesty
assured the British Government that, in spite of difficulties which he enum
erated and others too numerous to mention, he would abide by his undertak
ing to accept the award. But he wished to know what procedure would be
followed regarding the raids made since the 1st August 1930, when would
a decision be made on them, and what measures would be taken to P rev ^
future raids. He believed that the deplorable situation created by the
award could onlv be remedied by a liquidation of the past, the making o
agreements with Trans-Jordan similar to those made with Iraq, and the
“removal of those causes of friction on the Irans-Jordan frontier ^hic
were causes of friction on the ’Iraq frontier;’’ no doubt meaning, chie y,
Captain Glubb.
32 Under instructions from His Majesty’s Government of the 22nd
of October His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires replied taking note of
Ibn Sa’fid’s acceptance of the finding, ignoring his criticisms and
his instinuation against Captain Glubb, and taking him up on
wGh for knowledge which he already possessed. Ihe Hejazi Gov-
rintent were Tminled that all claims'smce August 1930 were now
”"ttl haTcome fo'the
^ Sng l^pelessly unp^d;
mam
to chance the procedure except to improve the Hejazi side of
saw no reason to change tn P tl,,™ were still waiting to
T W As to'measuresfor preventing further 'raids, thev were still waiting to
1 > nl lhe Heiazi Government were doing, the Trans-Jordan measures
learn what the He ^ , , , ^ h av j n£ , secured encouraging results
having ewry effort should be made to increase the scope and
Th 7 1 ne« of the 1 cooperation between the frontier representatives. Cap-
tafn Glubb had his instructions in this sense. His Majesty s Government
trusted that Ibn Sa’ud would similarly instruct Ibn Zeyd.
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The file contains intelligence reports on the Kingdom of Hejaz, Najd and its Dependencies (after September 1932, Saudi Arabia) written by the British Legation at Jeddah.

Between July 1931 and December 1932 the reports are issued every two months, with the exception of the January-March 1932 and April 1932 reports. From January 1933 the reports are sent on a monthly basis.

Between July 1931 and December 1932, each report is divided into sections, numbered with Roman numerals from I to IX, as follows: Internal Affairs; Frontier Questions; Relations with States outside Arabia; Air Matters; Military Matters; Naval Matters; Pilgrimage; Slavery; and Miscellaneous. Each section is then further divided into parts relating to a particular matter or place, under a sub-heading. Some reports contain an annex.

From January 1933, when the reports become monthly, they take a new format. Each is divided into sections, as follows: Internal Affairs; Frontier Questions and Foreign Relations in Arabia; Relations with Powers Outside Arabia; Miscellaneous (often containing information on slavery and the pilgrimage).

Most reports are preceded by the covering letters from the Government of India, who distributed them to Political Offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and elsewhere, and the original covering letter from the Jeddah Legation, who would send them to the Government of India and Government departments in London. From May 1933, most reports were sent directly to the 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 from Jeddah.

Up until January 1933, each report began with an index giving a breakdown of the sections with references to the corresponding paragraph number. From January 1933 onwards no index is included.

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1 file (266 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-11; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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