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Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [‎104v] (213/1062)

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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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2 I understand that the two aeroplanes, a De Havilland Dragon (as last year)
and a Tigar Moth, made the journey from Egypt in one day, leaving Cairo at 5 a.m.,
an improvement on last year’s performance, when the flight was made m two stages.
Short halts were made this year at Tor, Wejh and Yanbu The pilots are Mr. G. S.
Brown (flight-lieutenant R. A. F. Reserve) and Ismail Effendi Sidky.
3 Talaat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , who called on His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires the day after
his arrival, left with his associates for Mecca by car on the 25th November. He is
expected to leave here on the 28th November by air for Yanbu, whence he will visit
Marlmfl hv car. and return to Egvpt by air on the 1 st December.
4 . I hope to be in a position to report more fully in due course on the objects
of this second visit to the Hejaz. Generally, I think, it maybe assumed that the
mission will interest itself, as last year, in makir g arrangements for the reception
of Egyptian phgrims coming to this country by the Egyptian steamers Zomzam
and Nil, and in taking further steps to establish here branches of the Barque
Misr.
5 . The mission do not appear to be the guests of the Saudi Government this
vear, and whilst in Jedda have been accommodated in the new premises taken
by the Banque Misr during the past year, which were originally intended, it is
believed, for the Soviet Legation. Generally, it may be said that less publicity
has been given to this visit than to its counterpart of last year ; I have still to hear
of the broadcast distribution of piece-goods, etc., of Egyptian manufacture, whilst
this year the aeroplanes have not been activly engaged in treating the Jedda popu
lace to joy-rides.
6 . I was informed by my Egyptian colleague, some time before the arrival
of the mission, that Talaat Harb Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had requested permission of the Saudi
authorities to be allowed to fly to Riyadh to meet the King. I understand that
the Saudis have been unable to accede to this request.
7 . I am sending copies of this despatch to His Majest ’s Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, Department of Overseas Trade, and to the Acting
High Commissioner for Egypt.
Enclosure to Serial No. ( 6 ).
Mr. Calvert to Sir John Simon,.—{Received December 18.)
Letter from His Majesty’s Charge d’affaires, Jedda, to the Foreign
Office, No. 360, dated the 4th December 1934.
With reference to my despath No. 349 of the 27th November last [Serial No.
( 6 )] relative to the Egyptian commercial and financial mission to this country, I
have the honour to report that Talaat Harb Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Midhat Yaghen Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and
party (with the exception of Kem.al Bey Alui, who left the same day for Egypt by
Khedivial mail steamer) left for Yanbu by air on the 28th November and after
visiting Medina by car resumed their return journey to Egypt on the last December.
2 . Talaat Pasha’s visit this year is shorter than was expected and only two
whole days were put in at Mecca. By some this is thought to be due to his dis
satisfaction at being refused permission to fly to Riyadh to see the King. His
donations to schools and hospitals were on a modest scale, according to report, but
free distribution as charity of piece-goods and other Egyptian manufactures, which
had not taken place when I wrote my despatch under reference, was subsequently
undertaken on behalf of the Egyptian mission by the Jedda municipality on the
4th December.
3. I learn that Talaat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was primarily interested in arranging with the
Saudi authorities for further facilities this year for Egyptian pilgrims. The ship-
mg agents will continue to be Messrs. Haji Abdullah Ali Reza and Co., according
to their own account, and financial arrangements, which are said to include the
perception of Saudi pilgrim dues from, the individual pilgrims by Banque Misr and
payment to the Saudi Arab Government in a lump sum., will be handled by Banque
Misr or separately appointed agents here. Two large motor-launches, to seat 100
passengers each, are to be brought here by Banque Misr in order to facilitate the
transport of pilgrims from the outer anchorage in the heavy seas. The present
charges for sambuqs are to remain undisturbed, and the local interests involved
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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.

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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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