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Coll 6/19 'Arabia: (Saudi Arabia) Hejaz-Nejd Annual Report.' [‎267r] (534/540)

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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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right on one point which was irrelevant when he made it. Once everyone had
settled down after the controversy interest in the club waned. It became a
question for consideration at the beginning of 1931 whether steps should be taken
to bring it within the law. Ibn Saud would probably not object to it if the matter
were put to him suitably, although the pilots of the Hejaz Air Force, after first
^jeing told by Fuad Bey Hamza that they might join, were afterwards told that
it would be contrary to the King’s wish. It became doubtful, however, whether,
if an application were made, the club would survive the growing lack of interest
of its members. Jedda is like that.
Appendix 1.
Treaties and similar Instruments concluded by Ibn Saud, arranged in
Chronological Order.
(This list is not necessarily complete, especially as regards agreements with
other Arabian potentates; but it includes all agreements of a treaty nature
mentioned in the body of the report, other than general international conventions.
It must be noted that the agreements up to 1926 were entered into by Ibn Saud
as Sovereign of Nejd, and do not necessarily apply to the Hejaz or imply
recognition of Ibn Saud’s position as Sovereign of the latter country.)
1. December 26, 1915. Treaty with Great Britain, represented by the
Government of India. Now superseded.
2. October 24, 1920. Treaty with Asir. Not published.
3. May 5, 1922. Treaty of Muhammarah with Iraq, represented by the
British High Commissioner. Supplemented by the two following
protocols.
4. December 2, 1922. Protocol No. 1 of Uqair containing an agreement
with Iraq regarding frontiers.
5. December 2, 1922. Protocol No. 2 of Uqair containing an agreement
with Iraq regarding customs and tribal matters.
6. December 2, 1922. Agreement reached at Uqair between Nejd and
Kowait regarding the Nejd-Kowait frontier.
7. November 1, 1925. Agreement, known as the Bahra Agreement, with
Great Britain regarding Iraq.
8. November 2, 1925. Agreement, known as the Hadda Agreement, with
Great Britain regarding 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 .
9. March 22, 1926. Agreement with Syria regarding customs (see
paragraph 78 of report as to present position).
10. October 21, 1926. Treaty of Mecca with Asir establishing Ibn Saud’s
suzerainty. Superseded by arrangements, amounting to practical
annexation, made in 1930, but not in treaty form.
11. May 20, 1927. General Treaty with Great Britain, signed at Jedda.
Ratifications exchanged on September 17, 1927. This treaty was
accompanied by an important exchange of letters.
12. April 26, 1929. Treaty with Germany, signed at Cairo. Ratifications
exchanged on November 6, 1930.
13. August 3, 1929. Treaty with Turkey, signed at Mecca. Ratifications
exchanged on December 10, 1930.
14. August 23, 1929. Treaty with Persia, signed at Tehran. Ratifications
exchanged on June 8, 1930.
15. March 9, 1930. Treaty of “ Bon-Voisinage ” with Iraq. Initialled at
Bagdad on date given. It had not been completed up to the end of
1930, but the initialling was followed by correspondence in which the
recognition by Iraq of Ibn Saud’s kingship of the Hejaz as well as
Nejd, &c., was implied by the use of full titles.

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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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