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PZ 1115/1938 'Col. Dickson's visit to Riyadh and conversations with Ibn Saud.' [‎12r] (23/96)

The record is made up of 1 file (48 folios). It was created in 18 Aug 1937-26 Feb 1938. 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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Declaration made on behalf of the British and French
Governments at a meeting of the Economic and Financial
Commission of the Lausanne Conference held on
27th January, 1923.
The Governments of France and Great Britain,
acting on behalf of Syria, Palestine and Transjordania,
and desiring to recognise the religious character of the
Hejaz Railway, declare that they are ready to accept the
constitution of an advisory council with power to submit
to the administrations of the different sections of the
railway lying in Syria, Palestine, Transjordania and the
Kingdom of the Hejaz recommendations for the upkeep of
the line and for the improvement of the conditions of the
pilgrim traffic. This council will include four Moslem
members appointed respectively by Syria, Palestine,
Transjordania and the Hejaz and will itself choose its
president, and two other members amongst the nationals
of other Moslem countries interested in the pilgrimage.
It will sit at Medina.
The recommendations of this council must not be
contrary to the provisions of the international
sanitary conventions. The French and British Governments
declare that in so far as concerns the sections of the
railway lying in Syria, Palestine and Transjordania,
any profits realised will be devoted to the upkeep and
improvement of the whole of the railway. Any sums left
over after such improvement will be devoted to the
assistance of pilgrims.

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The file consists of correspondence and other papers mainly relating to the private visit of Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and his three private conversations with King Ibn Saud.

It includes correspondence between John Charles Walton, 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. , and Dickson, including a letter from Walton to Dickson of 2 November 1937 enclosing a summary of Dickson’s three private conversations with Ibn Saud, in which the views of Ibn Saud on Palestine and relations with the British Government are quoted (folios 33-44). The file also includes correspondence between Walton and the following concerning the visit: George William Rendel, Foreign Office; Sir Findlater Stewart, 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. ; and M J Clauson, 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. .

There is also correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Secretary of State for India, and between H. Lacy Baggallay, Foreign Office, and M J Clauson, 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. .

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1 file (48 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear 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 48; 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.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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