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Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [58v] (121/1062)
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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investigation t° tne o Health would regard himself as too conversant
Director-General ot country to pay much attention to outside
with the conditions : ^th ^ St J n dale-Bennett’s cautionary suggestion 1
advice 1 ^iso ag 1 look very closely into Saudi regulations before
that the Syndicate maintaining a permanent medical staff here. But
Tdt " toTeCmmfndld, both from.the Syndicate's
1 fee . "“d for the more general reasons mentioned by Lord Castle
point of Twitche n The Italians, again, are reported to have
Steward and .M- up-to-date dispensary here and the Italian
Legation doctor^whcTis'nowmway in laly is" credited with the mtent.on
ofTrhSng stag and material back to Jedda with him. Here, however
there would be less of the element of competition as between a commerce
company and a Legation, than there would be m [he case of the gift of
aeroplanes Moreover, there would be less opposition, I believe, on the
part of "the Saudi authorities to a non-Government dispensary or medical
institution of the sort than to those conducted m this country under the
auspices of foreign governments. There would, too, be no question of
then- operations extending to Mecca. I should, therefore, on the wholebe
favourably disposed towards a proposal of this nature, viz., the establish
ment of a permanent medical staff here, more particularly as Jedda is
badly off in its resources for medical treatment at present, and may be even
more so before long, with Petroleum Concessions Ltd. bringing anew
influx of Euroeans to this country.
(83)
Letter from the British Legation, Jedda, to the Foreign Office,
No. 260, dated 7th September 1936.
With reference to my despatch No. 200 of the 7th July last, relative
to the claim of the Imperial Bank of Iran against the al-Fadhl firm, I
have the honour to transmit to you herewith a translation of an announce
ment which appeared in the Mecca “Umm-al-Qura” of the 4th September,
on this subject. It will be observed that it corresponds closely to what
was foreshadowed by Sheykh Yusuf Yasin in conversation with me in June
last. I am taking steps to inform the Imperial Bank of Iran of the publica
tion of this notice by the earliest mail.
2. I am sending a copy of this despatch and its enclosure to His
Majesty’s Trade Commissioner, Bombay.
TRANSLATION.
Extract from the “Umm-al-Qura”, No. 613 of 4th September 1936.
Announcement.
nr 1 V ^ ew t ^ ie the guardianship of Sheykh Abdulla
Mohammad-al-Fadhl over the minors of the late Saleh-al-Fadhl and over
one third of his estate has been proved, and, as the said guardian has
c aimed that the properties under sequestration at Jedda known as
Muntazah and “Huseynieh” were not the property of the firm of
braimn-al-Eadhl who is under seizure but of the minors who have no
connection with the firm of al Fadhl, the Government have handed over
) pro P ertles t0 *6 said guardian. He who has any claim or right
a PProach the Sharia Court at Jedda with a view to proving
nlent nnh tS r - e y T to be S in from the date of the first announce-
saidbe^r f Um ™- al ;Q ura ”. Any claim after the expiry ol the
information of all concern'd ^ attended t0 " This is pUblished ^
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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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- Title
- Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.'
- Pages
- 47r:47v, 58v, 132v:133r, 154v, 158v, 166v, 167v, 174v, 185r:185v, 189v:190v, 200r, 204v:205v, 207v:209v, 220v, 225r:225v, 227r:227v, 228v:230r, 235r:235v, 258r:258v, 261v, 263r:263v, 276v:277r, 323v, 346r:346v, 352v:353r, 376r
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- Um al-Qura xx Ummul Qura
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