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Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [‎98v] (201/1062)

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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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Enclosure 5 to Serial No. (33).
Leiiek fkom the Colonial Oefk*, to Foeeign Office, No. 78076135, DAIED
In Cowell’s absence I am writing to yon on the question! of the restrictions
s-i l to have been placed by the King of the Yemen on Jews m that country Our
lost letter from the Foreign Office on the matter was Johnstone’s letter to James,
No f E. 1 720 j 14 191 of the 22nd March (Enclosure 3 ante).
We have now received the further despatch promised by Reilly, and I enclose
a copy of it for your consideration (Enclosure 4 ante).
Before a decision is reached as to what should now be said to Colonel
Wedgwood and also the Joint Foreign Committee, may Williams and I discuss
the matter with you ?
(34)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter, dated 23rd April 1935.
Letter from H. E. the High Commissioner for Egypt, to the Foreign Office,
No. 319, dated THE 25th March 1935.
With reference to Sir A. Ryan’s despatch No. 75 of March llth, 1935,
relative to Saucf-Egyptian relations, I have the honour to report that the Saudi
Arab Agent in Cairo (Sheikh Fawzan El Sabek) has recently been included in
the list of persons receiving customs franchise in Egypt and authorised to
obtain supplies of duty free petrol. These concessions, which have been the
subject of official correspondence between the Saudi-Arab Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, explain the article in the “ Saut-al-Hejaz ” news
paper quoted by Sir A. Ryan, but they do not, of course, connote the full recogni
tion suggested by the Egyptian journalist.
2 . 1 am sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty’s Minister, Jeddah.
(35)
Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter, dated 3rd May 1935.
(Received on 25th May 1935, with Political Secretary^ letter No. 19, dated lOlh
May 1935.)
Letter from H. M.’s Minister, Jedda, to the Foreign Office, No. 80, dated the
18th March 1935.
With reference to my despatch No. 56 of the 24th February [Serial No. (31)],
relative to the concession recently granted by the Saudi Government to the Saudi
Arabian Mining Syndicate (Limited), I have the honour to state that the Royal
decree sanctioning the concession referred to an agreement and contract as
having been sigrred by the Minister of Finance and the representative of the
syndicate. It now appears that these were two separate instruments as, after
the agreement summarised in the enclosure to my despatch under reference had
been published, the Umm-al-Qura proceeded to publish, in instalments, an even
lengthier document described as a contract concluded on the same date as tlie
mam agreement.
2 . Although the further document is described as above, it is clear from
internal evidence that it is a form of mining lease for fifty-eight years, in respect
o areas to be finally selected for definite mining operations in accordance with
r 1 !? .V+i e mam a g re 9 me nt. The procedure contemplated would appear to
ufvi e Government will lease these areas to the syndicate on the conditions
rf«m 5 c 0 7 n 111 contract ”, and that the syndicate will form subsidiary com-
f ri II 0 )' 01 c ^ ie ^dividual properties. As the general conditions are stated
u nSi^nrnnt, I do not think it necessary to report at length on the
mi f . ’ e, detailed stipulations of which appear to follow normal lines-
the following points, however, may be noted :
(a) Ihe Government are to receive during the period of the lease a rent of
p P er eddan of the leased area plus the excess, if any, of 5 per cent,
of the product of the mine over the rental so fixed.
rrh I 3 li al ? rran g en f nt for payment of customs duty on imported
the period c7 the lease ° f 10 P6r Cent WiU 0pera ‘ e tllr0US10U

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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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