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Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–' [329v] (659/802)
The record is made up of 1 file (399 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1931-31 Mar 1938. 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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V2
Chapter III.— Foreign Relations.
British Empire.
Complaint against His Majesty's Minister.
52. In immediate reaction to the manumission by the Legation of a slave
claimed by Ibn Sand (see chapter VIII), the Hejaz-Nejd Government, on the
8th February, complained of Sir A. Ryan's behaviour, and stated, in etlect, that
his retention in the post of His Majesty’s Minister at Jedda was not conducive
to good relations. Sir A. Ryan had left Jedda on the 2nd February on a visit to
Jerusalem (see paragraph 27); on the conclusion of the visit he proceeded to
London. His Majesty’s Government answered the Hejazi complaint in full on
the 21st March, and stated that, if it were not withdrawn, neither would
Sir A. Ryan resume his duties as His Majesty's Minister at Jedda, nor would any
other Minister of His Majesty’s service replace him. The Hejazi Government
climbed down on the 5th April. His Majesty’s Minister remained in London to
meet the Hejazi mission, with the intention of returning to Jedda by the end
of May.
Hejaz-Nejd Mission to London.
53. Ibn Saud chose this moment to announce a mission to the capitals of
friendly countries, which may already have been in contemplation but had been
kept remarkably dark. His Majesty 's Government were asked on the 24th March
by the Hejaz-Nejd Minister in London whether they would receive the
Amir Feisal, accompanied by Fuad Bey Hamza, in May. They replied that their
answer must depend on the Hejazi Government's action regarding their note
of complaint against Sir A. Ryan. On the 8th April they were informed that
His Majesty's Government would be glad to receive their mission. It sailed from
Jedda on the 12th April to visit Rome, Geneva, Paris, London, The Hague,
Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, Angora, Tehran and Bagdad. Before they left,
Fuad Bey Hamza showed Mr. Hope Gill their programme of dates. They were
due in Paris on the 31st April. On being told that might not be a good day,
Fuad Bey changed it to the 1st May, but when he heard of May Day and
Communists and unemployed and what-all, not to mention the French elections,
he recoiled into April. Fuad is 33, Feisal 27. These neophytes are escorted by
an A.D.C. done up in a uniform to taste, and a negro attendant who looks like
a slave. It is understood that they have enough money with them.
Other Matters.
54. Relations during the last three months were overshadowed in January
by the slave incident and clouded for the remainder by the complaints against
Sir A. Ryan. They were enlivened somewhat locally in March by pilgrimage
difficulties, which are recounted in chapter VII. In his series of interviews held
in January with the Hejazi Under-Secretary, His Majesty's Minister covered
a good deal of other ground, notably in connexion with debts, the coming
pilgrimage,
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
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
questions and Colonel Biscoe’s visit, and
emergency landing-grounds on the Hasa Coast. None of the debts owing to His
Majesty's Government, the Government of India and other British creditors
were, of course, paid.
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
affairs have been dealt with in paragraphs 25-
38,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
questions in paragraphs 41-49, and the landing grounds in
chapter IV.
International.
International Sanitary System.
55. After mature consideration of the advice given them last July (July-
August report, paragraph 50), the Hejazi Government acceded in March to the
Rome Convention of 1907.
Paris Pact.
56. They also adhered, in February, to the Kellogg Pact, notifying the
American Government through the United States Ambassador in London.
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This file consists almost entirely of copies (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) of printed reports sent either by the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard), or, in the Minister's absence, by His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert), to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Most of the reports cover a two-month period and are prefaced by a table of contents. The reports discuss a number of matters relating to the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), including internal affairs, frontier questions, foreign relations, the Hajj, and slavery.
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 volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 400; 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. The leather cover wraps around the documents; the back of the cover has not been foliated.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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