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Coll 6/33 'Hejaz-Nejd: Internal Administration and Constitution; Various Laws.' [7r] (15/392)
The record is made up of 1 file (193 folios). It was created in 7 Aug 1928-22 Feb 1940. 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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water to the fields on either side at Intervals.
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tansii mo out 4 tuoathe ago* 1 1 reoslves the personal attention of
..Mullah ^ulairam {Minister of Flnajawie), who is there at the
morasnt« There are »o®e aosen Irakis - working farmra end i^chan*
los, .ind if it is they who wrote the mport which was ublished it
i& ?3o woMcr it ms not very technical or really descriptive,
fhey aro not Iraqi Oovernmnt servants hut working r^n , ami doing
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biwaye recovers its level s few bsurs aftsr one otigiti© is turned
off. (llie "aborigines insist that the level rises at the 1st*
ami idth. of the lump month! oaullah .ailaimm could not confirm
but the King does so. It seems imlikely but ^pimrmtly in true).
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uropa being grown or sxpsrimentsd with include wheat, barley,
sugar-beet and all the vegetables grown in Iraq. Two agricultural
experts from California University ere on there way out, having
been arranged for by the oil company, c.a. d.o.c. he whole tiling
i» rathec im-reseive* The very mtuhvr lim-i of the dividing
banks between the fields stretching* away in th di atanoe — the
activity - Up tractors ©hugging their way IPPPP the eeeip* The
m&k at mr- springs and old wells* planted alrr-ady with
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This file concerns matters relating to the administration of the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). It contains correspondence discussing laws and regulations passed by the Hejazi/Saudi Government.
The early part of the file (1928-1929) contains copies of translations of various royal decrees regarding the following:
- The appointment of a commission to oversee the distribution and administration of charities in the Hejaz.
- The registration of companies in the kingdom.
- The composition and functions of the Legislative Council.
This part of the file contains a significant amount of correspondence from local government officials in British India, which discusses how the regulations on the distribution and administration of charities in the Hejaz might affect Indian Muslims. It includes concerns raised by representatives of Indian Muslims in Bombay and Karachi that the Wahabi interpretation of Sharia law on the subject of charities does not coincide with Sunni and Shia interpretations.
Later correspondence discusses the reorganisation of the administration of the Hejaz in 1930 and the new designation of Ibn Saud's dominions as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in September 1932. This part of the file includes the following:
- A copy of a translation of the Hejazi constitution or 'fundamental rules' of 1926, together with copies of translations of subsequent regulations and notifications amending or superseding certain articles of the constitution.
- A copy of a translation of a royal decree marking the change of name of the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Details of various Saudi Government regulations, such as those regarding the registration of companies in Saudi Arabia and those relating to the governance of foreign residents in the country.
- Reports of the formation of the Saudi National First Aid Society in 1935.
- Details regarding the reorganisation of Saudi Arabia's Legislative Council.
The file's principal correspondents are the following: the British Agent and Consul, Jedda (Hugh Stonehewer Bird); His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, Albert Spencer Calvert, and Alan Charles Trott successively); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard); officials of the Board of Trade, the Foreign 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (193 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 194; 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 2-193; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 6/33 'Hejaz-Nejd: Internal Administration and Constitution; Various Laws.'
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- front, front-i, 2r, 2r:18v, 21r:39v, 42r:43v, 45r:57v, 61r:62v, 64r:67v, 79r:94v, 126r:128v, 131r:132v, 136r:164v, 168r:172v, 177r:178v, 180r:182v, 188r:190v, 194r:194v, 194v, back
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