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PZ 1115/1938 'Col. Dickson's visit to Riyadh and conversations with Ibn Saud.' [35r] (69/96)
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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CONFIDENTIAL
Summary of His Majesty 'the King’s three Private
conversations etc. with Lt. Col. H.R.P.Dickson at
Riyadh on October 25th, 27 th and 28th 1937*
(From notes taken down immediately afterwards by the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
).
Audience No.l Riyadh October 25th. Time 9am.
After presenting myself at the Foreign Minister’s office
in the great Palace I was conducted to the King’s great
Mijliss (Council Hall) by His Excellency Sir Fuad Hamza.
I found his Majesty seated at the top end of the imposing
room, and to the right and left of him, though some way
down the room and at a distance sat the leading Amirs
and officials of State. These consisted of the following:
Amir Abdul Aziz bin Musa’ad, Governor of Hail
11 Mohomed ibn Tallal al Rashid L Royal
” Faisal ibn Tallal al Jabbar al Rashid j 5:S u S§sfiJd.
” Abdulla ibn Mita’ab al Rashid J
" Faisal ibn Saad (King’s nephew)
King’s sons
(King's grandson)
small sons of the King
sitting in a corner.
Members of Kings Council
Mahmud Jassur editor of the Radio Bulletin
” Mohomed
” Mansur
” A.bdulla ibn Turki
” Tallal
” Misha’al r
” Nawaf
Seyed Hamza Gauth 1
Seyed Sharif Sharaf j
After the customary salutations, His Majesty introduced
me to the above, and asked me to be seated by his side.
Fuad Hamza also took his seat by Seyed Hamza Gauth.
Then followed polite enquiries after the health of Mrs
Dickson and myself delivered with the King’s customary
charm of manner.
”0 Dickson not only are you our friend, and the friend
of the Arabs, but I see you come garbed as one of us and
so are doubly welcome ” is a sample of some of the King’s
polite references.
His Majesty early on turned to the subject obviously close
to his heart, namely the Palestine tangle, and for close
on an hour and a half delivered himself as follows.
He spoke for the most part in low earnest voice as though
his words were not intended for his Counsellors sitting
round and he continually kept placing his hand on my arm
as though to. emphasize his meaning.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/245
- Title
- PZ 1115/1938 'Col. Dickson's visit to Riyadh and conversations with Ibn Saud.'
- Pages
- 32r:44v, 47r:47v
- Author
- Dickson, Harold Richard Patrick
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- ©Penelope Ann Freeth
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/245
- Title
- PZ 1115/1938 'Col. Dickson's visit to Riyadh and conversations with Ibn Saud.'
- Pages
- 35r:40v, 42r:43v
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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- Public Domain