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Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [‎225v] (455/1062)

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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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Legislative Council, who arrived here a few days ago and gave us details of
the financial situation. God Almighty has now helped us to arrive at an
organisation of income and expenditure. Expenditure has been weighed
against income in the most advantageous fashion, and revenues of the Gov
ernment have been divided up and classified under four headings, each
according to its needs :—
(1) Official Salaries,
(2) Indebtedness,
(3) Reserve,
(4) Extraordinary expenses (not decided upon).
Instructions have accordingly been laid down and arrangements co
ordinated for the collection and conservation of these revenues, with a view
to their being disbursed under the specific headings. The quotas allocated
under the regulations and instructions confirmed by us are to be adhered to
in such a manner that no person will be preferred to another in the matter of
drawing or disbursing any money from the treasury. Under these regula
tions the principle has been laid down that salaries and debts shall be settled
in equality amongst all persons. Strict orders have been issued that this
principle must be observed and that any person infringing these instructions
orders and regulations shall be severely punished. The budget will, Please
God, be sufficient to ensure the dues of all officials, inhabitants and claimants
of the different categories, certain items of expenditure having been reduced
and certain items of revenue having been increased in very reasonable pro
portions. It depends for this on the principal revenue of the country, which
the Government is endeavouring, by all the material and intellectual , means
at their disposal, to foster and augment, with a view to its becoming the main
source of Government income. It has been arranged that the undetermined
portion of the income shall be spent on its own objects, such as securing the
comfort of pilgrims, facilitating their journey and preparing sanitary
measures and all such things as may bring tranquillity and happiness to them
and the people of the country. In order that the affairs and interests of the
inhabitants may he within the scope of the sacred religious law and the re
gulations which depend therefrom, we have ordered our Viceroy and the
Council of Ministers over which he presides to be watchful in carryino- out
our orders as regards the maintenance of peace and of justice and equity
amongst the people without distinction between the strong and the weak;
to follow our instructions as regards the improvement of finance; and to
ensin e t at everv person shall have his rights without delay or negligence.
e a\e or ©red Yusuf Yasin to convey all the instructions and orders in
.ffiis respect to the Viceroy in the Hejaz, so that he will see that they are
notified and complied with attentatively. We have also ordered the Minister
orrW ^ lce -President of the Legislative Council to remain here in
cieq and er C f rtam fi ^ a ? cia l affairs relating to Nejd and its Dependen
cies and then to return to their work.
plaint^ 00r °P ea ’ ^ an k God, to everyone who has any com-
not fail to exam fn ° ^ ^ as already been proved to all that we do
amine any claim m accordance with the religious law.
rmht path and^thn^f Governors and officials to follow the
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We pray that God may grant success to all. Amen.
ABDUL AZIZ AL’ABDURRAHMAN AL FEYSAL.
ar-Riadh,
Jumada ath-Thani, 1350 !

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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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