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Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.' [74r] (147/174)
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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three months "before taKimg action* He dismissed the second
report as incredible and Expatiated on the King’s special sol'
icitude for the we ale and humble* I ara afriacl tlaat. In the
interest of the cause $ X echoed some of this humour {though
it is perhaps not wholly humbugj for the King Is often gemer-*-
ous to the lowly) even on Pals Sunday *
ent, which I received on March 50th. It has been prepared by
Captain Seager from information supplied by an African* It is
not necessarily accurate on all points but it bears out gener
ally in a coherent form, iny earlier information* flic affair
has been so bruited and has created such emotion that two Oj.
my household servants related it spontaneously and with much
indignation to my wife* X hope to hear more irom tne Indian
Vice-Consul who went to Mecca on March 31st* In the Beantime
I have had a conversation with my French colleague* A s I ex
pected he is not very keen* He had heard the same story and
he promised to mike indtpond^nt enquiries* d& gave me another
account of the origin of the trouble which he heard some weeks
ago* The chauffeurs, according to this version, were discon
tented because the Government had introduced stringent rej'dila
tions to control petrol supplies etc., thereby depriving them
of opportunities for peculation* This is quite possibly ix , ue
but the temptation to steal must be increased by irregulariuy
in the payment of wages.
Yasin may produce some effect* I propose to take no further
action for the moment* I have, however, reported on the whole
subject fully for more than one reason. I consider, and I
trust you will agree, that, if the trouble continues, no
political consideration should restrain me from making strong-
I enclose a further account of the Mecca incid
9*
1 hope that my conversation with Sheikh Yussuf
representatlons
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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.
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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 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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