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Coll 6/25 'Hejaz: Relations with Egypt.' [17r] (33/259)
The record is made up of 1 file (127 folios). It was created in 28 Dec 1925-22 Apr 1937. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 204/54/251
January 11, 1937.
Section 5,
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Copy No.
Ill
A\ Hullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received Januaru 11, 1937.)
(No. 326.)
Sir, Jedda, December 21, 1936.
ALTHOUGH the terms of the Saudi-Egyptian Treaty of the 7th May, 1936,
and of the dependent agreements of which the texts were sent to the Foreign
Office in my despatches No . 308 of the 25th November and No. 321 of the
12th December speak in the main for themselves, I have the honour to submit
brief comments on the subject.
2. On the whole, the result of the negotiations must be considered as an
almost complete victory for Ibn Sand. After being officially ignored by Egypt
since his conquest of the Hejaz he receives full recognition from this relatively
powerful Arab State. He has been able to maintain his objection to the
transport of the Mahmal from Jedda to Mecca with its guard and its band, and
his acceptance of the despatch of the Mahmal as far as Jedda can only he
considered as a device to save the face of the Egyptian Government to some
extent. And, finally, he secures what is of great economic importance to him
and to the Hejaz, viz., the renewal of expenditure in the Hejaz of the funds
which, except for the 100,000 bushels of wheat sent for the poor of Medina in
1035, have been cut off since the tragic Mahmal episode in 1926. The only
important point on which the Saudi Government were defeated was the
payment of arrears. The expenditure is to be resumed with effect from the
forthcoming pilgrimage, and the arrears are gone for ever. But the past may
well be forgotten in the contemplation of the rosy future, wherein Egyptian
trust funds will effect improvements in the Hejaz which would either have to
he done out of the inadequate funds of the Saudi treasury or be left undone to
the scandal of pilgrims from countries which are better administered. The
Egyptian Government is to be “allowed” not only to repair the mosques at
Mecca and Medina, hut also to undertake works which, while primarily
intended for the comfort of pilgrims and other visitors, will he of benefit to
the country in general, including as they do the construction of roads, the
lighting of the neighbourhood of the two mosques as well as of the mosques
themselves, and the provision of drinking-water.
3. When Ibn Sand counts up the gains of his annus mirabilis, 1936, which
was marked also by the Saudi-Iraq Treaty, the renunciation by His Majesty’s
Government of the vexatious right of manumission of slaves and the other
concessions made to him in connexion with the Treaty of Jedda, and his
participation in the joint measures taken by the Arab rulers in regard to the
troubles in Palestine, he will probably put the treaty and agreements with
Egypt high on the list.
4. Copies of this despatch are being sent to His Majesty’s High
Commissioner for Egypt, Cairo.
I have, &c.
R. W. BULLARD.
[906 1—5]
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This file primarily concerns relations between the Government of the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) and the Government of Egypt. Most of the correspondence is between the High Commissioner at Egypt (George Ambrose Lloyd, Sir Percy Loraine, and Miles Wedderburn Lampson successively) and various Foreign Office officials. Other correspondents include the British Agent and Consul at Jedda (Hugh Stonehewer Bird), His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill), His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard), and Colonial Office and 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. officials.
Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:
- Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's] wish to appoint a representative from the Hejaz in Egypt.
- Details of two Egyptian missions to the Hejaz during June-July 1928.
- Discussion as to whether King Fuad of Egypt should be pressed by the British Government to recognise Ibn Saud as King of the Hejaz.
- The progress of treaty negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt during April-May 1932, and the signing of a treaty of friendship on 7 May 1936, confirming Egypt's recognition of Saudi Arabia.
- British concerns regarding how a newly formed bloc of independent Arab powers might influence the nationalist aspirations of countries such as Syria and Palestine.
In addition to correspondence the file includes a copy of a decree of promulgation for the aforementioned treaty, together with a copy of the treaty itself. The French material in the file consists of several items of correspondence, newspaper extracts, and the decree and treaty mentioned above.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (127 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 129; 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 present in parallel between ff 5-127; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:6v, 11r:13v, 15r:19v, 21r:26v, 29r:34v, 37r:40v, 42r:51v, 53r:54v, 56r:59v, 61r:70v, 73r:107v, 109r:129v, back
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