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Coll 6/65 'Relations between Saudi-Arabia and the Yemen.' [‎89r] (177/917)

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The record is made up of 1 file (457 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1934-27 Jan 1938. It was written in English and French. 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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al Idrisi, who will he handed over immediately to His
Highness the Amir Feysal in the Tihama, hut as Sayyid ’Ahdul
Wahhah al Idrisi is &ill in the 'Ahadil country, the
necessary steps have heen taken to "bring him down from there,
so that we can surrender him. In the event of his dis
obeying the order, I give the following undertakings in the
name of His Majesty the Imam Yahya
(a) The Government of the Imam Yahya will refuse
him all moral and material assistance, and will prevent any
aid or supnort reaching him from their country.
(b) If the Government of His Majesty King T Abdul
’Aziz desire to arrest him in their territories where he is,
the Government of His Majesty the Imam Yahya will on their
part concert every kind of military restriction in tneir
power in order to prevent him from fleeing into tneir
territories, and undertake to arrest him, together with
any person from any district or tribe in the Saudi Arab
Kingdom vdio may have joined him in his activities, and to
surrender them unconditionally to the Government of His
Majesty King ’Abdul ’Aziz, in the event of their entering
the districts of the Yemeni Kingdom, and to prevent him and
any persons who may have joined him in his activities from
escaping abroad in the event of their entering the territories
of the Kingdom of the Yemen.
(2) Those Sharifs an d othe rs who were in any c onnected
with the Idrlsis and th eir_acgtulvit_i_es.
If these should desire to join the Idrlsis, they
shall be granted the safety, protection, respect, and regard
due to their position, by the Government of His Majesty King
’Abdul’Aziz. If, however, they should not so desire,
they shall be expelled from the country of the Im&m Yahya and
shall not be allov^ed to remain in it, and in the event of
their returning to it a second time, shall be
expelled and warned that if they return again
at once
they will be
/handed

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This file concerns Saudi-Yemeni relations, beginning with the final weeks of hostilities between the two countries before going on to cover peace negotiations and the reoccupation of Hodeidah (also transliterated as Hodeida) by the Yemeni authorities, following the gradual withdrawal of Saudi troops.

Related matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:

In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:

  • Extracts from Aden, Bahrain, and Kuwait political intelligence summaries.
  • Copies of an English translation of the Treaty of Taif.
  • A copy of an English translation of the Treaty between King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Idrīsī], signed on 31 August 1920.
  • Copies of extracts from reports from the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops, as well as copies of reports from the commanding officers of HMS Penzance and HMS Enterprise respectively.

The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon); the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops; the Commander of HMS Penzance ; His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (James Eric Drummond); the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Yemen; officials of the Colonial Office, the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Admiralty.

Although the file includes material dating from 1934 to 1938, most of the material dates from 1934. The French material consists of three telegrams addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by Yemen's Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).

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1 file (457 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 458; 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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