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File 3665/1924 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924; Wahabi attack on Hedjaz. Capture of Taif & defeat of Hedjaz Army. Abdication of King Hussein.’ [5v] (19/852)
The record is made up of 1 volume (419 folios). It was created in 19 Aug 1924-6 Jan 1925. 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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3 Public opinion in Egypt is said to have been stirred by the receipt of a
telegram, signed by several Jeddah people, declaring that the National party has
ceased to exist and that recent messages m the name of the p r O
propaganda. The statement made in this telegram is correct. The National party
which was formed to bring about the overthrow of King Hussein, originally included
nearly all the principal people of Jeddah, besides most of the important men among
the Mecca refugees. It remained a united party until Ah, backed by his military
supporters, finally reused to abdicate. The strongest man in Jeddah, Muhammad
Tawil Director-General of Customs, then went over to Ah with a few of his
hangers-on; the rest of the party resigned. Any messages addressed to tlie Moslem
world since then have come from Muhammad Tawil, who is now m reality, though
not in name, Governor of Jeddah. Public opinion in Jeddah is still almost entirely
in favour of surrender to the Wahabis, though only, as I have stated before, because
they fear them most and do not believe that Ali can win in the long run. To keep
this opinion from becoming articulate, Ah has just arrested four of the leaders—all
of them members of the delegation which went to Mecca to see Khalid—but it is
unlikely that he will venture to treat them with severity.
4. Ali is already short of money. Plussein took away large sums with him, but,
according to Sheikh Fuad, he is professing to have come to the end of it, though all
he has spent on behalf of the Hedjaz since he left is £5 a head to a few hundred
volunteers. An attempt was made a few days ago to raise a “ loan of £30,000
from the leading Jeddah merchants, but it was dropped, owing to their hostility.
5. Attached to this report are translations of a new proclamation by Ibn Saud,
dated the 16th October, and of letters exchanged between the Wahabi leaders in
Mecca and the Consular Corps in Jeddah. In spite of the declaration that no son
of Hussein can be allowed to exercise sovereignty over the Hedjaz, Ali is confident
that when Ibn Saud reaches Mecca he will be able to come to an agreement with him.
In this hope he seems to be encouraged by the band of experts he is collecting round
him. Among these is Mr. Plij lby, who is believed to have sent out a letter to Ibn
Saud through the lattePs general at Mtecca, Khalid. They have now been joined by
Sheikh Fuad-al-Khatib, the late Foreign Secretary to King Hussein, who was on his
way to Persia on a special mission when Taif fell, and by Amin Rihani, the
American-Syrian, who recently visited all the Arab rulers and is publishing a book
about them. Sayyid Talib-al-Nakib, the Basra notable who was deported from Irak
in 1921, has been mvWecTby Ali to come to Jeddah, the presence of Mr. Philby (who
considers that, if Irak had been made a republic with Talib as President, all would
have been well there) being held out as an inducement. He telegraphed to me to ask
my opinion. A reply was sent by post, saying that, His Majesty’s Government being
neutral, no opinion could be given, and that Mr. Philby’s visit was unauthorised
Sheikh Ahmad-al-Sennusi is apparently trying to get to the Hedjaz from Syria, and
there are vague indications, a local official tells me, that Mrs. “ Rosita Forbes ” has
her eye on the situation.
R. W. BULLARD.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Proclamation.
From Abdul Aziz-bin-Abdul Rahman-al-Feisal {Ibn Saud) to the People of
Mecca and Jeddah.
(Translation.)
(After greetings.)
WE have received a telegram in your name, stating that you have deposed
Hussein and appointed his son in his place, and, as we desired that a spirit of mutual
understanding should prevail between us and you, we thought fit to write this letter
to you in continuation of our first letter.
We do not want to occupy your country or to exercise sovereignty o^er you nor
is there any hostility between us. You are the inhabitants of the Holy Places, and
have a right to our respect and reverence. We absolutely refuse to agree that either
Hussein or any of his sons should exercise sovereignty over the Hedjaz; the method
of administration of the country will be left for settlement by the Moslem world
whose decision shall be final.
Whoever abandons his allegiance to the Shereef and his sons is under the safety
of God, both his life and his goods; but whoever follows a path other than that of the
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Correspondence and other papers concerning the invasion of the Hedjaz [Hejaz] by Wahabi [Wahhabi] forces associated with the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and the subsequent abdication of the King of Hedjaz, Amir Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]. The volume contains: reports of the capture of the city of Taif [Ta’if] by Wahabi forces; the British Government’s efforts to ascertain the fate of British Indian Muslims in Taif; correspondence amongst British Government officials about the contents of a message to be sent to Ibn Saud in response to the capture of Taif; correspondence between British Government officials and the Hashemite representative in London, Dr Naji el Assil [Naji al-Asil], regarding the British Government’s decision to pursue a policy of non-intervention in response to events; the abdication of Amir Hussein, and his departure from Mecca via Jeddah and Akaba [Aqaba]; the succession of Amir Ali [‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] as King of Hedjaz; Amir Ali’s retreat to Jeddah and reports of Wahabi forces in Mecca; Amir Ali’s attempt to procure loans for troops and war materials; reports of events at Taif and Jeddah, as reported by the British Consul at Jeddah, Reader William Bullard (ff 160-162, ff 83-84, f 46).
The volume’s principal correspondents are: the British Consul at Jeddah; the Foreign Office; the Secretary of State for the Colonies, James Henry Thomas; the British High Commissioner of Iraq, Henry Robert Conway Dobbs; the British High Commissioner of Palestine, Herbert Louis Samuel; Naji el Assil.
The volume contains a single item in French: a draft of a letter addressed to the Wahabi leader, drawn up by the consular corps in Jeddah (f 131).
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (f 2).
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- 1 volume (419 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 3665 (Arabia) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1124-1127. The volumes are divided into eight parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, parts 2, 3 and 4 comprising the second volume, part 5 comprising the third volume, and parts 7, 8 and 9 comprising the fourth volume. There is no part 6.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 419; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/1124
- Title
- File 3665/1924 Pt 1 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924; Wahabi attack on Hedjaz. Capture of Taif & defeat of Hedjaz Army. Abdication of King Hussein.’
- Pages
- 68r:68v, 36r:41v, 5v:6r
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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