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'File 8/15 Arab Series - 1933-1939' [‎132v] (264/434)

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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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37
3
to Article 10 of the instructions concerning the method of going out to the
sea exercised in the Kingdom, and that the text of Article 10 should then
be as follows :—
Article 10.
(1) All shipping agents should be informed that they are forbidden
to issue tickets either in the town or on board for sailing by
ships, unless after the passenger presents a proper passport
endorsed (vised) by the authority concerned. This arrangement
should be communicated to all authorities concerned and
published.
(2) Any shipping company which may commit contravention of this
Article of the instructions concerning going out to the sea,
and if it becomes evident that it booked a ticket for a passenger
or facilitated his embarkation to the ship belonging to it
without a proper passport endorsed by the competent authority,
the said company shall be punished for the first time with a
fine not less than fifty pounds gold, and not more than one
hundred pounds gold, and that the penalty shall be doubled
in case of recidivation.' >,
(54)
Enclosure in Colonial Office covering letter dated 9th July 1936.
(Received on 2nd August 1936, with Political Secretary's letter No. 29, dated
16th July 1936.)
Letter from the Colonial Office, to the Foreign Office, No. 4354/67/35,
DATED THE 9TH JULY 1936.
I am directed by Mr Secretary Ormsby Gore to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter No. T.-10220/10220/385 of the 3rd of July, forwarding a
copy of a semi-official communication from the Czechoslovak Minister on the
subject of the proposed extension of the jurisdiction of the Consul General
of Czecholovakia at Jerusalem to include Aden and the Aden Protectorate.
2. I am to suggest that the second paragraph of the reply which it is
proposed to return to Monsieur Masaryk should be re-’worded so as to read
“His Majesty’s Government have no power to accord jurisdiction in the
Yemen, which is an independent state under the rulership of the King of
the Yemen”. Otherwise Mr. Ormsby Gore concurs in the terms of the
draft reply.
3. A copy of this letter is being sent 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. .
(55)
Memorandum No. 69/(1253/250/15), dated the 10th July 1936.
. His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires at Jedda, presents his compliments
to His Excellency the Viceroy of India (F. & P ) Simla and has the honour
to transmit to him a copy of his despatch to Foreign Office, No. 201 of 10th
duly 1936, relating to levy of a sur-tax on all telegrams from Saudi-Arabia.

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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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English and French in Latin script
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