Coll 7/33 'Saudi Arabia: regulations concerning the importation and possession of arms' [6r] (11/96)
The record is made up of 1 file (46 folios). It was created in 24 Jul 1931-13 Aug 1936. 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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Extract from Air Headquarters Monthly Summary of
rt Intelligence”, Palestine and Trans-Jordan for the
month of December. 1935.
Early in November, the Government published
legislation prohibiting the import and sale of aims and
ammunition, and restricting the possession and carrying of
all firearms (other than sporting guns) in Saudi Arabia.
The new regulations do not affect the military
or police, but prohibit private persons from possessing or
carrying firearms and from carrying swords and daggers in
any of the towns, seaports or villages in the kingdom.
Those in possession of firearms are ordered to hand them
over to the police within one month. (This does not
include shot guns which are subject to separate regulations.)
Certain Government officials will be provided with licences
exeiapting them from the regulations, but the licences must
be renewed annually and are valid only while the holder
retains his official position.
The regulations do not apply to bedouin resident
in the desert, but when such persons enter a town or
village they must give up their arms to the nearest police
post, against a detailed receipt, and on leaving the arms
may be recovered on production of the receipt.
punishments for contravention of these
regulations include confiscation of the arms and a fine
equal to the value of the arms and imprisonment if the
case concerns firearms. For carrying swords or daggers.
the
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The file concerns regulations regarding the prohibition of the import, sale, carrying and possession of arms in the Hejaz kingdom, and later the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The regulations were all published in the Saudi newspaper Umm al Qura [Umm al-Qurá], and consist of the following: a high decree published 15 May 1931 (folios 43-45); a high order sanctioned by the Legislative Assembly, 8 Safar 1352 [2 June 1933] (folios 39-40); and a regulation issued by Ibn Sa'ūd ['Abd al-Raḥmān bin 'Abd al-'Azīz bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd] on 3 Shabān 1354 [31 October 1935] (folios 29-34).
The file also includes correspondence between HM Minister at Jedda (Andrew Ryan), the Foreign Office, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle), the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait (Captain Gerald Simpson Hillairet de Gaury), and the High Commissioner for Trans-Jordan (Arthur Wauchope), discussing: the impact of the regulations on tribesmen from Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , Kuwait and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; the difficulties of enforcing the regulations in the hinterlands; and concerns that Ibn Sa'ūd intended to use the regulations to impose his influence on tribes who moved into Saudi limits from Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
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- 1 file (46 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; 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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