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Coll 6/8(2) 'Printed Series. 1938–' [‎3r] (5/38)

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The record is made up of 1 file (17 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1937-20 Aug 1938. 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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FILE No. 76-N. op J938, SERIAL Nos. 1—31.
Arabia Series for 1938.
ARABIA SERIES FOR 1938.
( 1 )
(Received on 15th January 1938, with Political Secretary’s letter No. 52,
dated the 30th December 1937.)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter, dated the 22nd December 1937.
Copy.
(E.-7377/145/65.^
No. 9. (336/21/37.)
His^ Majesty’s Consui at Benghazi, presents his compliments to His
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and has the
honour to transmit to him the under-mentioned documents.
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British Consul,
Benghazi,
Libya.
2nd December, 1937.
Reference to previous correspondence :
No. 8 of 334/21/37.
Dated 30th November, 1937-
Description of Enclosure.
“Corriere di Benghazi.”' Propaganda Saudi Arabia*
1st December, 1937.,
A copy of this despatch is being addressed to His Majesty’s Ambassa
dor, Rome.
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Enclosure No. 1 to No. 9 (336/21/37).
“Corriere Di Benghazi.”
1st December, 1937.
Precis.
British Consulate,
Benghazi,
Libya.
Islam versus the British Empire.
On the termination of the Great War people commenced to interest
themselves in the evolution of the Arabs of the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. , and Islamic people
in general. Italy has taken special interest in the future of the Near
East.
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This file consists of printed copies of correspondence received by the Foreign Office, which have been compiled by 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. 's External Affairs Department. Most of the correspondence is addressed to the Foreign Office by the British Minister at Jedda, Sir Reader William Bullard. Other received correspondence includes letters from His Majesty's Consuls at Benghazi and Damascus enclosing translated extracts from Damascus and Benghazi newspapers.

Subjects covered include:

  • Plans for an Arab convention at Mecca, to be held during the 1937 pilgrimage season.
  • Protests from Mussalmans [Muslims] in Tripolitania against a proposal [made by the Peel Commission] to partition Palestine.
  • Reports of Palestinians amassing large quantities of what is referred to as 'anti-British propaganda' for distribution in Mecca.
  • British relations with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], including Bullard's accounts of his meetings with Ibn Saud.
  • Italian-Saudi relations, including discussion of a recent delivery of arms from Italy to the Saudi Government.
  • The future of Saudi Arabia in the event of Ibn Saud's death.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.

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1 file (17 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 19; 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.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script
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