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Coll 6/19 'Arabia: (Saudi Arabia) Hejaz-Nejd Annual Report.' [27r] (54/540)
The record is made up of 1 file (268 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1931-18 May 1945. 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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process of infiltration, and as the Imam had rejected repeated offers from the
Aden Government that the Shabwa district should be neutralised pending the
settlement of the frontier question, His Majesty’s Government had been obliged
to send him an ultimatum, stating that unless he withdrew his forces by the
28th November the Government of Aden would be obliged to eject them.
Sir R. Bullard used the discretion allowed him and conveyed this information
to Ibn Saud. The King was disturbed at the news, as he felt that hostilities
between His Majesty’s Government and the Imam might prejudice the Palestine
discussions which were to take place in London, and he asked whether His
Majesty’s Government would accept his mediation and whether they could post
pone military action to allow him to communicate with the Imam. His Majesty’s
Minister recommended these suggestions to His Majesty’s Government, in spite
of his knowledge that the Imam had been exceedingly trying and of the fact that
Ibn Saud had shown no inclination to assist when informed of the situation in
May. His Majesty’s Government gladly accepted Ibn Baud’s offer of mediation,
in so far as his efforts could be directed towards bringing about the evacuation
of Shabwa by the Imam, but explained that to delay the threatened action to
eject his troops was impossible. They stated, however, that even after the ejection
of the Yemeni troops from Shabwa they were prepared to withdraw the British
forces provided that the Imam would undertake not to reoccupy it pending
discussion of the question of the common frontier.
97. Shortly afterwards His Majesty’s Government were able to inform
Ibn Saud that Shabwa had been reoccupied without a shot being fired, and that
the Yemeni forces were being repatriated. Having got himself into this hole the
Imam gladly seized the offer of mediation held out to him by Ibn Saud. He
asked, however, that not only Shabw r a but also al Abr should be neutralised
pending a settlement of the frontier question, but His Majesty’s Government
explained to Ibn Saud that al ’Abr had been occupied from Mukalla some months
before not as a threat to the Yemen but solely in order to prevent raids by the
Sai’ar, which might begin again if al ’Abr was evacuated. His Majesty’s
Government were, however, considering whether it would not be possible to
neutralise al ’Abr as well as Shabwa if the agreement of the Imam could be
secured on no other terms, but it was naturally not possible to tell Ibn Saud this.
On the other hand, Ibn Saud could hardly be expected to try to induce the Imam
to agree to the terms of His Majesty’s Government, for he evidently thought that
no great harm would come if al 'Abr also was included in the area to be
neutralised. Sir R. Bullard did, however, ask him to disabuse the Imam of a
fantastic notion he professed to hold, that the policy which had led to the
extension of control to Shabwa and al 'Abr was not that of His Majesty’s
Government, but was put into execution by a few young and irresponsible
officials. Sir R. Bullard suggested to His Majesty’s Government that if they
decided to give way on the question of al ’Abr there might be advantages in
letting Ibn Saud have some of the credit: to attribute withdrawal in part to
the friendly representations of Ibn Saud might spare the dignity of His Majesty’s
Government: moreover, it might induce the Imam to consult Ibn Saud in future
about his foreign affairs, which might be very useful.
98. It is inevitable that when resident in this country Hadhramis, like
Yemenis, should tend to be absorbed at least temporarily into the local population.
The attempts of property-owning Hadhramis to have the best of both worlds has
been recorded more than once; they wished to continue to enjoy possession of
their real property in spite of the prohibition of the ownership of such property
by foreigners, and to receive support from His Majesty s Legation to that end.
The promulgation of the Saudi Regulation on the Residence of Foreigners
(paragraph 3) brought out into the open many Hadhramis who had hitherto not
made themselves known to His Majesty’s Legation but were anxious for assistance
when it was a question of paying some 165. a year for the privilege of being
foreigners. This annual tax, which is a considerable sum as compared with local
rates of pay, will in many cases be sufficient to decide waverers into taking out
Saudi papers, as many have already done in order to be able to remain in employ
ment as chauffeurs and the like, or merely in order to be left in peace. It is for
the authorities of the Aden Protectorate to say whether they wish to take this
process seriously. \Yhen the lists of foreigners who have acquired Saudi
nationality appear in the press, His Majesty’s Legation pick only any obviously
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This file contains copies of annual reports regarding the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia) during the years 1930-1938 and 1943-1944.
The reports were produced by the British Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard) and sent to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (and in the case of these copies, forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India), with the exception of the reports for 1943 and 1944, which appear to have been produced and sent by His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda, Stanley R Jordan.
The reports covering 1930-1938 discuss the following subjects: foreign relations; internal affairs; financial, economic and commercial affairs; military organisation; aviation; legislation; press; education; the pilgrimage; slavery and the slave trade; naval matters. The reports for 1943 and 1944 are rather less substantial. The 1943 report discusses Arab affairs, Saudi relations with foreign powers, finance, supplies, and the pilgrimage, whilst the 1944 report covers these subjects in addition to the following: the activities of the United States in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East Supply Centre, and the Saudi royal family.
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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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 2-12 and ff 45-268; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.
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