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Coll 6/1 'Hejaz-Nejd: Franco-Hejaz-Nejd Treaty and Relations Hejaz-Syria Treaty.' [48r] (95/110)
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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for purposes of personal discussion, except by telephone,
^ save on the few occasions when 5*uad Bey Hamza, or much
more rarely the King himself, visit Jedda. In reply,
however, to a remark of mine that I understood him to
have come to a deadlock over slavery, he said that the
real difficulty and the only matter of importance was
the question of nationality. He almost brushed slavery
aside and said that the trouble about nationality had
to do with Algerians. He explained that formerly there
had been an important Algerian community at Medina and that,
although it had been a good deal dislocated by war
conditions, it was still a matter of concern to his
Government to establish their claim that the Algerians
should be recognised as French. I did not follow his
explanation of the grounds on which the Hejaz Government
counter-claimed them. I asked him about Syrians. He
said that these gave rise to no difficulty. Some were
voluntarily Hejazi, but in other cases the Hejaz Government
recognised their French-protected status.
3 * We are ourselves greatly interested
• in the < l uestion the Hejaz Nationality Law, a subject
wuich I shall have to take up again with the Hejaz Government
when I receive your further instructions on various points.
It is satisfactory to know that the French Government
definitely interested, as it lessens the danger of the
Hejaz
are so
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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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2061
- Title
- Coll 6/1 'Hejaz-Nejd: Franco-Hejaz-Nejd Treaty and Relations Hejaz-Syria Treaty.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:33v, 36r:36v, 40r:43v, 45r:54v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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