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Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [‎32r] (68/1062)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (527 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1929-15 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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an extension of the area of the Saudi-Arabian Mining Syndicate’s +
concession. It may be presumed that the new area is that for whlh Tni t
Etherton and Colonel Micklem unsuccessfully sought a mining concession
month (see my despatch No. 315 of the 7th December), an arfa in which
le the legendary Najadeh gold mine, of which mention has been made in nre^
vious reports and the promising Jebel Hilit district, which hesTst ouSe
the limits of the present concessionary area of the syndicate Mv
informant said that, as part of the price of a new concession, Mr. Twitched
was prepared to offer to build a first-class motor road from Riyadh To the
Hejaz for which undertaking the syndicate already have the necessary road-
makmg machinery m the country. ^
3. It is now possible to confirm that the Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate
made a loan, of an unknown amount, to the Saudi Arab Government during
the summer of 1936, as reported in Jedda despatch No. 268 of the 12th Sep-
a A member of the syndicate’s staff recently stated that the Saudi
Arab Government were finding it difficult to fulfil the condition to liquidate
this loan m monthly payments.
4. Copies of this despatch are being sent to the Department of Overseas
Trade and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan .
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{Received on 6 th March 1937 with Political Secretary's letter No. 7, dated 18th
February 1937.)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter dated 16th February 1937.
Letter from Foreign Office, London, to Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, No. E. 7835/2617/91, dated 15th February 1937.
With reference to Conclusion (e) of the 48th meeting of the Middle East
(Official) Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, held on the
14th December 1936, by which the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office
are invited to pursue the question of British Consular representation in the
Yemen, I am directed by Viscount Halifax to state that, as the result of a
eareful examination of this proposal in the Foreign Office, a number of serious
objections have become apparent.
2. In the first place, were the King of the Yemen to admit British Consular
representation he would not be able to refuse the same treatment to the Italian
Government. It seems more than probable that the result would be a race
in which each Government would strive to outstrip the other in the size and
influence of its Consular establishments, and that His Majesty’s Government
would either have to meet the expense involved in maintaining a more im
posing establishment than the Italian Government or stand by and see the
Italian Government acquire precisely that position which it is desired to pre
vent them from acquiring.
3. But in any case the recent refusal of the Imam as reported by His
Majesty’s Ambassador at Bagdad in his despatch No. 616 of the 31st December
last (a copy of which was sent to you in the Foreign Office letter E-362/34/93
of the 4th February), to consent to the establishment of an Iraqi Diplomatic
Mission either at Hodeida or Sanaa suggests that it is most unlikely that
he would agree to the establishment in his country of British Consular offices.
Even if he were to give his consent, it would probably be long before a Consul,
on whose doings a fierce light would from the start be directed, could live
down the suspicion with which he would be regarded and evolve an alternative
system of intelligence and reporting of equal efficiency to that by means
of which the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Aden at present obtains information regarding
events in the Yemen.
4 In the second place the establishment of Consular representation in
the Yemen presents difficulties from an administrative point of view, since
the climate and living conditions are such that special conditions of service
5&(G) ExAffairsDept,

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This volume compiles printed copies of letters, telegrams, memoranda and newspaper extracts relating to Britain's involvement across the Arabian Peninsula during the period 1929-1938. Whilst the correspondence encompasses all matters concerning British interests in the region, much of it relates to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:

  • Reports of unrest in the Hejaz.
  • Relations between Imam Yeha Hamid-Ud-Din [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Imam of Yemen] and Ibn Saud.
  • Reports of raids and arms trafficking on the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan -Nejd frontier.
  • Reports of the proceedings of British naval ships in the Red Sea.
  • Details of the Akhwan [Ikhwan] revolt against Ibn Saud, including the movements of one of the revolt's leaders, Faisal Dawish [Fayṣal bin Sulṭān al-Dawīsh], and his surrender to the British in Kuwait.
  • Relations between Kuwait and Nejd.
  • Relations between Iraq and Nejd, including a proposed meeting between Ibn Saud and King Faisal [Fayṣal] of Iraq, and reports of a treaty of alliance between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • Objections from the Hejaz Government to Royal Air Force aircraft flying over Nejd territory.
  • The purchase of arms by the Hejaz Government from Poland.
  • Ibn Saud's annexation of Asir.
  • The death of King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī].
  • Harry St John Bridger Philby's conversion to Islam, his mapping of Rub-al-Khali, and his reported spreading of Saudi propaganda in the Aden Protectorate.
  • The currency exchange crisis in the Hejaz-Nejd and the financial situation in the kingdom generally.
  • Reports on a survey of the water and mineral content of the Hejaz coastal area.
  • Relations between Soviet Russia and Saudi Arabia.
  • The emigration of Jews from Yemen to Palestine, via Aden.
  • British fears that Italy might harbour ambitions to annex Yemen.
  • Saudi oil concessions.
  • Italian-Saudi relations.

Prominent correspondents include the following: the British Agent (later His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires) at Jeddah; His Majesty's Minister at Jeddah; the High Commissioner for Egypt; the High Commissioner for Iraq; the High Commissioner for Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait; 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. (later Chief Commissioner, and later still, Governor), Aden; 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. ; His Majesty's Ambassador to Iraq; His Majesty's Ambassador to Italy; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Minister (and Acting Minister) for Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia); Ibn Saud; King Feisal of Iraq; the Prime Minister of Iraq; various officials of the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the Air Ministry, and the Admiralty.

The French material in the volume consists of several items of correspondence and a copy of a treaty between France and Yemen, which was signed in April 1936.

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (527 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The items of correspondence are divided (roughly) into various sections. Each extract or item of correspondence within these sections has its own number, which is enclosed in brackets. These numbers proceed in ascending (and approximate chronological) order from left to right; however, the sections themselves proceed in reverse, from the rear to the front of the volume, in distinct groups (e.g. for 1929 numbers 1-23, which are located at folios 517-526, are followed by numbers 24-49 at folios 509-516, which are then followed by numbers 50-89 at folios 494-508, and so on).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 529; 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.

Pagination: each section of correspondence within the volume (as described in the arrangement field) has its own pagination sequence.

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