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Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [414r] (832/1062)
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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(b) If all this is impossible We suggest that the subjects of Koweit should
he ordered to collect in a certain locality of which We may be
informed, then We should be free to set against the rebels and to
pursue them wherever they may be into Koweit} and, in
this case, we undertake to protect all the subjects of the neigh
bouring countries and to prevent them being the object of any
aggression. We further undertake not to leave a single soldier
in those countries immediately Our pursuit of the criminals has
come to an end. In which case the rebels will be totally anni
hilated by the Grace and Power of God.
This is in Our opinion the only solution of the problem and the only way
of exterminating the rebels.
It is indeed impossible for IJs to retire after the trouble We have taken
and the great expenses W^e have incurred and the extensive efforts We have
made before crushing the last remnant of the rebels by the Power of God. If
the British Government do not agree to either of the above suggestions We
will be very sorry for the situation that may consequently arise. We wish to
assure the British Government that it is not easy for Us to see a section of
Our subjects suffering the bitterness of such punishment at Our own hands.
Their sufferings and those of their women and children break Our heart.
There was in the beginning no reason for Us to punish them beyond the fact
that they violated Our assurance given to the British Government by attacking
the subjects of Iraq and Koweit. So We found the only w;ay to safeguard Our
pled on was to punish them most severely so that they might know the result
of their faithlessness and treachery. If the neighbouring countries do not
wish to help Us in w r hat We have undertake in order to ensure their safety
and that of their subjects We on Our part do not desire Our sections to
result in a clash between Our forces—particularly as We are commanding them
in nerson—and those of the British Government. This is a situation which
We are trying to avoid and which, please God, cannot occur. Under these
circumstances the only course open to Us would be to abandon pot only the
punitive measures We have undertaken, but also a plan whereby Our internal
security may be ensured. In that case We shall m no way be responsible for
any aggression against the neighbouring countries Thus We sha 1 be justified
in Our ov n eyes and in the eyes of the whole world because W e will have fought
a^ai. st Our own people for the sake of Our neighbours while Our neighbours
will have sheltered their own deadly enemies and helped them agmnst Us.
We are now going to continue Our journey, and if either of the suggestions
We have made is carried out, in the neighbouring country, well and good ; other
wise We regret that We shall have to adopt the last mentioned attitude and We
Thall bear no further responsibility or take any measures to prevent any attack
that may be made against the neighbouring countries. The responsibility
will then be on Our neighbours and not on Us.
We be 01 you to have this communicated to the British Government as
soon as possible. We have written in this sense to the Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
so that he will inform the British Government accordingly.
(14)
(Received on 22nd December 1929, with Political Secretary's letter No. 49,
V doled the 5th December 1929.)
TtLEGRA-H R., mom the British Agent, Jeddah, to the Foreign Omice,
London, No. 181, dated the 1st Decembek 1929.
(Repeated Bushire and Koweit 238.)
Your telegram No. 134 (Serial No. 18),
, m x rf^ht in assuming that 1 slmll receive further instructmns regarding
euly to be returned to the King’s letter referred to in my telegram No. 170
Serial No. 204 in F. No. 75-N./29; ?
1013(s)F&PD
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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
- 42r:42v, 321r, 363v, 371v:372r, 382v, 385v:386r, 387r, 389v, 393r:395r, 413r:414r, 450r
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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- Public Domain