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'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [‎8r] (15/434)

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The record is made up of 1 file (214 folios). It was created in 31 Aug 1933-20 Mar 1939. 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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Office Memorandum from the Private Secretary to the Viceroy, No. 838-
Transferred to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Depart
ment.
No reply has been sent to the enclosed.
Enclosure 1 to Serial No. (13).
Memorandum No. 32 (1004/1030/2), dated the 13th April 1933.
His Majesty’s Minister at Jedda presents his compliments to His Excellency
the Viceroy of India, New Delhi, and has the honour to transmit to him the under
mentioned documents.
Enclosure 2 to Serial No. (13).
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Jedda, to the Foreign Office, No.
In paragraph 32 of the Jedda Report for March (File No. 81-N/33), enclosed
in my despatch No. 102 of April 7,1 mentioned that Ibn Sa’ud had given a dinner
to notable pilgrims on the evening of March 31. As you are aware, this is now a
regular feature of each year’s pilgrimage season. On the present occasion, the
Ring entertained some hundreds of guests of various nationalities, including several
Indians. I understand from my Indian Vice-Consul that the attention shown
both to Shia and to Indian pilgnms has been a feature of this year’s pilg image.
In the case of the Indians the King and the Minister of Finance, who is largely
responsible for dispensing such attention had the advantage of the presence of
Jemal Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. Ghazzi, who has been conducting since last year an intensive pro-
pilgrimage campaign in India and was able to make r-ay with the intimacy he had
established there with various participents in this year’s Haj.
2. It is the King’s custom to speak at g r eat lengt h at these annual banquets.
The published version of his address on the pr«--sent occasion occupied a page and a
half of the Umm-al-Qura of April 6. I enclose a short summary prepared in the
L( g Mion.
3. The King preached from his usual text, the nc> d lor unity in Islam but he
seems to have restrained almost entirely the tendency which he has sometimes
shown in the past to give offence by his utterances regarding people who do not
share his views. I understand that the published version of his speech represents
the original pretty accurately, although the actual language used in certain pas
sages may have been more emphatic. I have heard only one definite suggestion
of any important omission. According to m}^ Persian colleague rhe King gave as
one of the reasons who he could not aspire to the Caliphate the fa t that so many
Moslem countries are under alien denomination. He is said to have included in
the number Egypt as being under the thumb of Great Britain. If he really said
this, it cannot have been pleasing to all his Egyptian hearers, though it might
gratify some of them.
4. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosures to His Excellency the
Viceroy of India (Foreign and Political Department) to His Majesty s Ambassador
at Bagdad and to His Majesty’s High Commissioner for Egypt and iransjordan.
G.P., DATED THE 13TH MaY 1933.
Description of Enclosure.
Name of Date.
To Foreign Office, London. Despatch No. Ibn Sa’ui
110 of 13/3/33 and enclosure.
Subject.
Ibn Sa’ud’s speech.
fBagdad under No.
Copy sent to ^Jerusalem ,,
l^Cairo ,,
1030/2T
1030/2 yoi 13/4/33.
110 (1003/1030/2), DATED THE 13th April 1933.
MC364FD

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The file contains the Foreign Office confidential prints of the Arabia Series for the years 1933 to 1938. It includes correspondence, memoranda, and extracts from newspapers. The correspondence is principally between the British Legation in Jedda and the Foreign Office. Other correspondents include British diplomatic, political, and military offices, foreign diplomats, heads of state, tribal leaders, corporations, and individuals in the Middle East region.

Each annual series is composed of several numbered serials that are often connected to a particular subject. The file covers many subjects related to the affairs of Saudi Arabia.

Included in the file are the following:

  • a memorandum on Arab Unity produced by the Foreign Office dated 12 June 1933 (author unknown), folios 11-13;
  • a memorandum on petroleum in Arabia produced by the Petroleum Department dated 5 August 1933 (author unknown), folios 23-26;
  • a record of interviews with Ibn Sa‘ūd, King of Saudi Arabia, conducted by Reader Bullard and George William Rendel between 20 and 22 March 1937;
  • a memorandum on Yemen by Captain B W Seager, the Frontier Officer, dated 20 July 1937;
  • several records of proceedings of ships on patrol in the Red Sea, including that of HMS Penzance , Hastings , Colombo , Bideford , and Londonderry .

Folios 213-15 are internal office notes.

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1 file (214 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 with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 217; 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 foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-215; 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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