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Coll 6/1 'Hejaz-Nejd: Franco-Hejaz-Nejd Treaty and Relations Hejaz-Syria Treaty.' [10r] (19/110)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 18 Feb 1926-16 Dec 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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COPY
No. 57
(381/116/7)
(E >5-33/67/25)
British Legation
28th February, 1936.
Jedda
Sir
With reference to my despatch No.42 of 9th February
I have the honour to state that my French colleague. Monsieur
Maigret, returned to Jedda on 11th February, and presented his
letters of credence as Minister Resident to King Abdul-Aziz on
25th February. He was again received by the King on 26th
February to present to His Majesty the Insignia of the Grand
Cordon of the Legion d*Honneur. The French Government are
marking the occasion by presenting to Ibn Saud an aeroplane
intended for civil use.
2. I now understand that, although the new Legation in
Jedda was sanctioned by a French law promulgated last July, the
decrees necessary to give effect to the law and to appoint M.
Maigret Minister were not issued until December.
San’a by Read-Admiral Rivet. He returned to Jedda on 11th
February, not in the d’Iberville, as I had expected, but in the
Bougainville, which also carried the Rear-Admiral. The ship
stayed only one night in Jedda, however, and I have heard no
more of any special festivity to celebrate the transformation
of the former French Consulate into a Legation. This may be
partly due to the British mourning for His late Majesty King
George.
3
M. Maigret was accompanied on his recent journey to
4./
The Right Honourable
Anthony Eden, M.C., M.P.,
etc., etc., etc.
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This file primarily concerns relations between France and the Hejaz-Nejd (later Saudi Arabian) Government.
The beginning of the file relates to treaty negotiations between France and Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's] Hejaz-Nejd Government, as well as negotiations between the Hejaz-Nejd Government and the French mandated territories in Syria. It contains copies of letters (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from British diplomatic officials reporting on events and on meetings with their French counterparts. The file includes the following:
- Reports of a proposed appointment of a French representative at the court of Ibn Saud.
- Reports on the progression of the treaty negotiations.
- Reports on the contents of the signed treaties (referred to in the correspondence as the Franco-Hejazi Treaty and the Syro-Hejazi Agreement respectively) and of how they compare with the Treaty of Jedda of 1927 [the most recent treaty between Ibn Saud and the United Kingdom].
- Copies of the agreements (in French).
- Reports of the raising of the French Consulate at Jedda to the status of a Legation.
The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert), and the British Minister at Jedda, Andrew Ryan. The French material in this file consists of the aforementioned agreements and accompanying correspondence.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (53 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 55; 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.
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- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:33v, 36r:36v, 40r:43v, 45r:54v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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