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Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.' [73r] (145/174)
The record is made up of 1 file (85 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1931-13 Feb 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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whose title to British nationality or protection could be pro
ved* On the other hand it seemed essential not to ignore the
incident*
6# Sheikh Yussuf Yasin came to see me i’or other
reasons on March 09th. We had a long and amicable conversation ^
on various subjects and I d elded to seise the opportunity of
speaking to him In friendly but categorical language about the
chauffeurs. I remind d him of our conversation of March 16th,
and said that, while I was preparing the personal letter on
which we 'had agreed, 1 had heard two reports. The first was
that after our first conversation, Sudanese chauffeurs had been
warned not to appeal to the Legation* It was, I said, the
right of any British subject or protected person to lay any
grievance before me and it would be contrary to every principle
of international law, if any local authority interfered with
the exercise of that right. The second report was that the
chauffeurs had been imprisoned and oeatsn for having demanded .|
the arrears due to them* I could not I said, vouch for this
report any more than for the' first x*eport t but, if it came to
my knowledge d finitely that any British subject or protected
person had been treated in such a way for that reason, I
should strongly protest.
Sheikh Yussuf gave me the reply which was to bo
expected* He admitted freely the right of recourse to the
Legation* If ermuffours had been warned against appealing to
me, it could not have been a consequence of our conversation of
March 16th as it was known only to himself, the King, myself
and my interpreter* He suggested that, although any British
person had a right to come to me with his grievance, people of
the class concerned were apt to distort things; to which I
retorted that that was the very reason I had waited nearly
three
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This file, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, relates to the position and national status of British subjects and protected persons residing in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- The treatment of foreign chauffeurs employed by the Hejazi Government.
- Details of a proposed census of all male inhabitants of Hejazi towns, and the possible implications for foreign residents.
- Reports that the authorities in Mecca are demanding that foreign residents produce documentary proof of their foreign nationality within fifteen days, with the alternatives being either to adopt Saudi nationality or to leave the country within three months.
- The status in Saudi Arabia of natives of the Hadramaut.
- Reports of British protected persons of African origin being pressured to leave the country within a period of ten days (or in certain cases, to enter military service).
- Reports that British Indian chauffeurs and mechanics working in Saudi Arabia have been informed that they cannot continue working in their occupations unless they adopt Saudi nationality, on the grounds that cars which are engaged for military purposes cannot be driven or maintained by foreigners.
The file features the following correspondents: His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia (Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd); officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.
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 (85 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 87; 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 3-86; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:19v, 23r:27v, 30r:38v, 40r:58v, 61r:86v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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