Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [275v] (555/1062)
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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2 It is generally felt that the King, having concentrated ins attention
on the affairs of the Hejaz for over a year, his first prolonged stay in tins
part of his dominions since he completed his conquest of it, has left those
affairs in a hopeless mess. It is even suggested by some that he has run
away from them. I understand that the situation has gi\en rise to extra
vagant rumours abroad, one of them being that His Majesty had decided to
adbicate in favour of his son Faisal, presumably in the Hejaz of which that
prince is Viceroy, or in favour of both his elder sons fea ud and laisal. A
report in the latter sense, published in a Cairo newspaper, was formally
contradicted in the “Umm-al-Qura” of July 10th.
3 The feeling one has at present is a sense, not of greater apparent
trouble than in May, but of a lack of central direction. The Hejaz has
been left like a water-logged and half-dismantled ship without any parti
cular signs of a wind to blow it either into port or to destruction. It is
hard to say who is governing the country. The King is too far away and
probably too fed up not to be glad of a rest from the Hejaz. The young
Viceroy has been too much in the background of late to make it possible to
judge of his capacity for affairs. Among the “statesmen” the two most
important factors are Sheikh Abdullah Suleiman, who is strong, and Fuad
Bey Hamza, who is active and industrious. It remains to be seen whether
this not very happily assorted triumvirate can carry on until next pilgrim
age.
4. I can add nothing to what I said in paragraph 3 of my despatch
under reference regarding the situation in the interior. There is the same
anxiety about it in the towns. The same rumours float about, occasionally
perhaps a little more precise but usually fantastic. In the imagination of
the quidnuncs of Mecca and Jedda, Jauf “falls” periodically, no one knows
into whose hands. A recent rumour has filled the lacuna in the case of
Tebuk, which was said to have fallen “to the rebels”.
5. In paragraph 4 of my previous despatch, I referred to the King’s
religious position. There has been an interesting development in this con
nection. It became known towards the end of June that he had made con
cessions to bis extremists. He allowed to be published in the “Umm-al-Qura”
of June 26th a long remonstrance addressed to him by the Ulama of Nejd
regarding the repetition this year of the Accession Day celebrations insti
tuted m January 1930. The writers claimed politely but firmly that it was
f 1 ^ ^ ail , duty to call the King’s attention to the irreligiousness of
ceie ramonsw ich they bad condoned in 1930 as there might be political
reasons for them but the perpetuation of which could not he tolerated. The
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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).
- Physical characteristics
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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- Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.'
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