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‘I. Saudiyeh. (4.) Saudi Arms and Coast Guard Regulations. Vol. I’ [32r] (63/74)
The record is made up of 1 file (35 folios). It was created in 26 Dec 1934-17 Apr 1936. 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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are state officials rather than local personages, and
augmenting gradually the number of police posts under the
control of a Director General of ;olice in Mecca.
(c) A passage in the H.A.P. Intelligence Report,
Jerusalem, for December speaks of the widespread discontent
caused by the regulations under consideration and the
opposition to their enforcement in the Northern Hejaz.
3. These considerations cause me to think that the
regulations may be an experiment in which the King himself is
interested, but, if so, he would probably see that the
rigour of their enforcement was adapted to the conditions
of particular regions. He probably has a greater general
knowledge of the management of tribes than anyone in this
country and his sense of policy will always outweigh any
legal considerations, other than taose of purely religious
law.
4. As regards the specific points raised in your
despatch, I would offer the following observations:-
(a) I see nothing remarkable in the provisions of
Article 7 of the regulation, having regard to the conditions
of a country in which every high personage has his retinue
of retainers. Any prince or governor for instance who
was not attended by armed men of this kind, would be put
to shame and would fail to inspire respect for his authority
(b) As regards the point raised in paragraph 4 of your
despatch, I have had the translation of Article 9 of the
regulations checked and am told that it is correct. The
conclusion would appear to be that the drafter o° the
regulation was unwilling to contemplate any carrying of
arms by non-Saudis and therefore provided that persons
applying for permits must provide positive proof of Saudi
nationality. This may be the modernist touch, based on
the assumption, so dear to Syrians and others with legal
minds, that every one has a nationality and suould be able
to/
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Correspondence and papers concerning regulations introduced by the Government of Saudi Arabia. Although reference is made in the file title to coastguard regulations, the majority of the file is dedicated to regulations introducing a prohibition on the import, sale and possession of firearms in Saudi Arabia. The correspondence, exchanged between British Government officials, discusses the introduction and implications of the firearms regulations for Saudi Arabia and its neighbours, specifically Kuwait, Bahrain, and the shaikhdoms of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The file includes an English translation of the firearms regulation, originally published in the Saudi newspaper Umm al Qura on 3 Sha‘bān 1354, equivalent to 31 October 1935 (ff 9-14).
The file’s principal correspondents are: 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 Kuwait (Captain Gerald Simpson DeGaury); the British Minister at Jedda (Andrew Ryan); the Foreign Office (George William Rendel); 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. (Maurice J Clauson).
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- 1 file (35 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 37; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-35; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/5/118
- Title
- ‘I. Saudiyeh. (4.) Saudi Arms and Coast Guard Regulations. Vol. I’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 15r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence