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Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.' [80r] (159/174)
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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slave who tm& come for a car or at cars then passing or at
both* A loading Hej&i is said to have 'been hart and to have
complaine-. to the higher authorities*
(c) The ring-loader in the strike movement would ap
pear to have been a Syrian* it Is stated that ‘SB men formed
a delegation to present their grievances and that this orga-
■
niised manifestation caused the King: to send two of the prin
ces to restore order whereupon a good rmnj of the 35 fled
hut 16 t/cre arrested and beaten*
(d) The 16 mm. who were caught are said to have been
made up as follows:- Six Somalis, three Sudanese, 1 West
African, 1 Hejasi, 1 Yejrfmenl, two Syrians, 1 Egyptian and 1
Hmjml of Palestinian origin, once a slave of Sheikh Abdulla
Suleiman*s hut now a freeman* I cannot on my present infor
mation state how many, if any, of these men actually had
British papers#
(e) The Syrian has made his way to Jedda, thanks to
some influence he had, out ever bo he had to name a surety#
At the request of the French Consulate, he has been examined
by the Doctor of this Legation and ©hew© signs of having been
beaten very severely. Hi a story bears out generally xay other
information, but he denies that, except in one Isolated case,
would-be strikers molested other chauffeurs* Compare what
is said at (b) above*
(f) It is said that the 15 men other than the Syrian
and the Syrian*® surety have been re-imprisoned perhaps with
a view to deportation. If this is done after pay
ment of wages and If the rank and file of the chauffeurs are
paid more regularly in future, the deportation of the 16 may
possibly be the beat solution, as, if they remained in the
country they would bo marked men and might later on suffer
in
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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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- Title
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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