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Coll 6/46 'Salutes in Hejaz Nejd.' [‎67r] (133/152)

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The record is made up of 1 file (74 folios). It was created in 2 Aug 1928-5 Apr 1934. 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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Minute Paper.
political Department.
2871 5000 li.2s
Ibn Saud receives a royal salute of 21 guns
as a foreign Crowned Head under Article 43 of the
King f s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, and
Article 44 provides for the firing of a royal salute
(one on arrival and one on departure) on the occasion
of the visit of a member of a foreign Royal Family to
one of His majesty’s ships.
In accordance with his reading of the
instructions, the Commanding Officer of .11.S.
H Clematis" recently gave two salutes of 21 guns to a
party consisting of Ibn Saud’s brother, four of his
sons and a nephew, who visited the ship at Jeddah.
This was done after consultation with the British
Consul and Sir G. Clayton and may have been politically
desirable, but, as the Commanding Officer observes, the
practice is likely to prove expensive if continued, in
view of the number of Ibn Saud’s wives (said to be 149)
and children (at least 40).
The Admiralty and Foreign Office suggest that
a decision in the Ibn Saud case will apply by analogy
to those of the rulers of Iraq, Transjordania, Zanzibar
and Muscat, and as. for the views of this Department.
The Government of India have an interest so far as the
question concenis uscat (where the Sultan gets a
royal salute, but the President of his Council of
Ministers when a member of the ruling family only gets
13 guns).
The Colonial Office have suggested an inter-
Departraental conference on the subject.
A draft telegram to ascertain the Government
of India’s views is submitted, together with a draft
letter to the Colonial Office, agreeing to participate
.
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This file concerns personal salutes given by British naval ships to dignitaries in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia).

The correspondence, largely between officials of the Admiralty and the Foreign Office, begins with discussion about the number of gun salutes that should be accorded to members of the Hejazi ruling family and other ruling families in the Gulf. An interdepartmental conference for producing an agreed procedure for all cases is proposed and later deemed unnecessary.

Later correspondence discusses which Hejazi dignitaries should be accorded gun salutes and how many gun salutes they should receive. A scale of salutes approved by the Admiralty in March 1931 states that ministerial heads of fighting services should receive seventeen guns, the Governor of Jedda thirteen guns, and governors of other ports seven. The correspondence also discusses whether the same number of salutes should be given to governors of ports in Yemen.

Correspondents besides those from the Admiralty and the Foreign Office include the following: Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the British Agent and Consul, Jedda (Hugh Stonehewer Bird); the Viceroy of India; officials of the Colonial Office and the 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. .

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 (folio 2).

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1 file (74 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 foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; 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.

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