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Coll 6/19 'Arabia: (Saudi Arabia) Hejaz-Nejd Annual Report.' [‎211r] (422/540)

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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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be regarded as practical politics for the time being. It may have been still further
side-tracked by the subsequent proposals for a similar route from Iraq (see
paragraph 154).
51. Pn the latter part of the year the Sheikh of Koweit had reason to
complain of various intrusions into his territory by unauthorised parties of
Nejdis, headed or sent by Ibn Saud’s frontier officials. They were guilty of
various small acts of aggression and inquisition, which became the subject of
correspondence between 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. , His Majesty’s Government and
the Legation in Jedda, but not up to the end of the year of representations to the
Hejazi Government.
52. Three other matters may be mentioned briefly as follows:—
(a) On the 10th February the Legation forwarded to Bushire a draft tor
£3,000, being Koweit’s share in the £10,000 divided between her and
Iraq in the circumstances related ih paragraph 11 (a).
(b) It was decided not to raise with the Hejazi Government the question
which had arisen in 1930 regarding the attitude of the local
authorities in Hasa towards Bahreinis. There had been an
improvement in the situation on the spot, and all the British
authorities concerned agreed that, so long as no acute question arose,
it would be better to leave the matter to be dealt with locally as far as
possible, rather than embark on a diplomatic discussion which might
open up thorny legal issues.
(c) Late in the year 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 Bahrein agreed to a proposal of
the agents of the British India Company at Karachi, in that they
should refuse goods for overside transhipment at Bahrein. Under
arrangements made in 1920, goods transhipped in this way do not
pay the 2 per cent, transit duty levied on goods landed for reshipment
to Nejd. The increased use made of this exemption in the summer of
1930 had deprived Bahrein of revenue and the local Indian merchants
of middlemen’s profits. A question later arose as to whether the
Political Agent’s action might not be contested as being contrary to
undertakings given to Ibn Sand when the transit duty of 2 per cent,
was fixed. It appeared that the existing transit arrangements were
the result of representations made by him, and that, on the 14th July,
1920, the then 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. in Bahrein informed him by letter that
only 2 per cent., instead of the ordinary import duty of 5 per cent.,
would be charged on goods in transit, and that no duty would be
charged on goods unloaded from steamers direct into lighters pro
ceeding to the mainland. It was not, however, until 1932 that the
question of the propriety from a legal point of view of the British
India Company’s proposal matured.
(b) Relations with Powers outside Arabia.
(1) British Empire.
(a) His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom.
53. Ibn Saud’s partial compliance with the demands of His Majesty’s
Government in connexion with the 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 frontier, and their own grace
in side-stepping out of an extreme position, averted what might have been an
acute breach between the two parties. There was, nevertheless, a gradual
deterioration of their relations during 1931. The frontier question was only
one of several questions in which the attitude of His Majesty’s Government or
the Legation in Jedda, determined in each case by the merits of the particular
case, could only appear unsympathetic or even hostile to a monarch who sees all
these things in a synthesis, and has a large conception of the obligations of
friendship? when it is he himself who is looking for friendly offices. The
particular questions referred to are dealt with in various special sections of this
report. The most important, after that of 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 , were, perhaps, those
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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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