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Coll 6/19 'Arabia: (Saudi Arabia) Hejaz-Nejd Annual Report.' [200r] (400/540)
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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6420 [7104]
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
Printed for the use of the Foreign Office.
CONFIDENTIAL.
(14083)
9
HEJAZ-NEJD.
Annual Report, 1931.
[E 2429/680/25]
Sir A . Ryan to Sir John Simon.—(Received May 20.)
Sir, Foreign Office, May 18, 1932.
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith my annual report on Hejaz-Nejd
for the year 1931.
2. Owing to the unexpected prolongation of my absence from Jedda since
I left for Jerusalem on the 2nd February, I have had to write the bulk of this
report in London. I would ask your indulgence not only for its length, dhe to
the number of important subjects which engaged the attention of the Legation
in Jedda last year, but also for various other defects caused by the circumstances
of its compilation.
3. The report owes much to the despatches, &c., addressed to you and your
predecessors by Mr. Hope Gill, while acting for me from the 15th August to the
15th December, and more particularly to the bi-monthly Jedda reports, which he
wrote for the second half of the year. Mr. G. W. Furlonge has contributed the
short but useful appendix on the import trade of the Hejaz. I would wish to
express also my great appreciation of the assistance given me by various
departments of the Foreign Office in overcoming the difficulties attendant on the
preparation of the report in London.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure.
Annual Report on Hejaz-Nejd for 1931.
Contents.
Page
1.—Introduction .. .. .. .. 2
II.—Foreign relations—
(a) With States in Arabia—
( 1 ) Iraq ..
(2)
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
..
(3) Yemen and Asir
(4) States in the south and south-east of
Arabia ..
(5) Bahrein and Koweit
(£>) With Powers outside Arabia—
( 1 ) British Empire
(2) France and Syria ..
(3) Italy ..
(4) Netherlands ..
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II.—Foreign relations (contd .)—
(b) With Powers outside Arabia (confd.)—
(5) Soviet Russia
( 6 ) Germany
(7) Poland
( 8 ) Sweden
(9) Denmark
(10) Egypt
(11) Turkey
(12) Persia
(13) 'Afghanistan..
(14) United States of America ..
(c) Position in regard to the general
international system and League of
Nations ..
(d) Treaties
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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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- 1 file (268 folios)
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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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