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'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [‎9v] (18/434)

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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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with his concession in his pocket and, I am now assured, a small sum of cash down
for expenses. This has doubtless made Ibn Sa’ud and his entourage all ^ or , e
sensitive regarding two misconstructions alleged to have been placed on Mr. Tmibj s
article in the translation published by the Abram newspaper of Cairo, the A hr am
version had, according to people here, laid the Saudi Government open to the
accusations of having sold themselves to a group intending to create not a State
Bank, as Mr. Philby called it, but an “ international bank and of having
mortgaged their customs revenue. Both accusations were repudiated m a long an
indignent leading article in the Umm-al-Qura of May 12th and the second was
categorically denied in an official communique of May 11th, published m the sarne
issue of the Umm-al Qura. I enclose a treanslation of the communique, ihe
Umm-al-Qura also published a letter from Mr. Philby correcting the misconstruc
tions placed on his article.
3. The Umm-al-Qura leader is not worth reproducing as it is mostly diatribe-
The most interesting points in it are the stress laid on the importance of the distinc
tion between a state bank and an international bank, an explanation of the methods
hitherto used to pay off debts and the use of drafts on customs in that connexion and
a rather weaker attempt to rebut the suggestion that the adoption of the Bank
proposal means countenancing usury. It is claimed that the Government have paid
off more than half their debts in the last two years and the hope is expressed that,
if some of the economic projects now in view materialise, the remainder will be
settled shortly. . T
4. All this may amount to little more than a passing storm in a teacup but 1
have though it worth recording as a sidelight on a curiously uncertain situation
in regard to the proposed bank and the hopes that hang so largely, though not exclu
sively, on the prospect of its being started.
5. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosure to the Department of
Overseas Trade, the Government of India, His Majesty’s High Commissioner for
Egypt and to the High Commissioner for Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan .
Enclosure 3 to Serial No. (18).
Extract from the “ Umm-al-Qura ” of May 12th, 1933.
Official Communique, dated 16th Muharram 1352 (11th May 1933).
It has been rumoured by some people a 1 road that the Government have put
in pledge their Customs Department in discharge of certain loans. The Govern
ment confirm what they have already promulgated that they had not contracted
any loan whatsoever and that they had not mortgaged the revenue of the Customs
at ail.
(19)
(Received on 11th June 1933 with Political Secretary’s letter No. 21, dated the 25th May
1933.)
Letter from the Colonial Office, to 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. , No. 17963/33, dated
the 17th May 1933.
I am directed by Secretary Sir Philip Ounliffe-Lister to transmit to you, to be
laid before Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare, a copy of a despatc h from the Resident at
Aden regarding the succession to the Sultanate of Lahej.
2. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister agrees with the Resident’s views as to the atti
tude which he should adopt in the matter, and, subject to Sir Samuel Hoare’s
concurrence, he proposes to approve the course of action suggested m paragraph
13 of the Resident’s despatch.
3. A similar letter is being .sent to the Foreign Office and Air Ministry.
Enclosure to Serial No. (19).
Despatch from the Resident, Aden, to the Colonial Office, No. 65, dated the
22nd March 1933.
I have the honour to refer to the recent political events in Lahej in connection
with the succession to the Sultanate, that have been reported briefly in Political
Intelligence Summary, paragraph 2260, et seq. (File No. 26-N/33).

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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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