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Coll 6/21(1) 'Hejaz-Nejd: Relations with H.M.G.: Hejaz Legation in London and British Minister in Jeddah.' [142v] (295/914)
The record is made up of 1 volume (453 folios). It was created in 7 Sep 1927-10 Jan 1935. It was written in English. 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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The next subject discussed was the Koweit Neutral Zone Oil Concession.
Fuad Bey recapitulated The position of the Saudi Government vis-d-vis the
Standard Oil Company of California in regard to the option which had been
-given them in connexion with this concession. After a short discussion, however
it was agreed to postpone further examination of this matter until the following
week, when an
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.
expert on this question would be available to join in
the discussion. J
16. Finally, the question of the Bahrein Transit Dues was raised. Fuad
>>ey explained that there were two difficulties confronting his Government in
this matter: firstly, the question of the transit dues themselves; and, secondly
the question of direct shipments to the Hasa coast. As regards the first of these’
the baudi Government feared that the Bahrein Government were about to raise
the dues, if they had not already done so. They considered, moreover, that anv
consignments addressed either to King Ibn Saud or to the Saudi Government
should be exempted from dues.
. Fir Andrew Ryan stated that for some time past the negotiations on
tns subject had been transferred to London, and that, although he had been
ivept miormed, he had not been directly concerned in this matter, until during
his recent audience with King Ibn Saud at Taif the King had raised with him
the question of direct shipments. He pointed out that it was scarcely fair of
the Saudi Government both to demand that the Bahrein Government should
reduce the rates of the dues and at the same time endeavour to kill the Bahrein
transit trade. Bahrein must live.
fnllv Mtr.Rendel stated that Sheikh Hafiz Wahba had already represented
iully at the Foreign Office the views of his Government on this subject. His
Su l 3 Go t v f n “ e y. . for their Part, had suggested that a Saudi delegation
shmld be sent to Bahrein to examine whether the issue between the Saudi and
Bahrein Governments could not be narrowed down if not removed altogether
questmFthlt tbeS^H'T 8 ’ “ ^ the “ ost practical means of settling this
question that the Saudi Government could not prejudice their case bv sendlno-
such a delegation, and that if the discussions should fail they would stfll be free
o pursue the matter with His Majesty’s Government direct. The question
particularly as regards the dues, was a complicated and technical one where local
data would be necessary, and which could be dealt with far more effectivelv on
the spot than m London or in Jedda. He felt snrp thGt i i A-
would d ° much to clear the air, even if it did not lead to a final settlement 6 and
he suggested that preliminary discussions of this nature might well take nlace
at once. Sn A. Ryan would not be back m Jedda until December so there^was
p enty of time to explore the ground locally meanwhile. If the proposed W1
discussions should lead to nothing and tW P iP f? i 1
reasonable grounds for considering^’the attitude of it. ^2. ^ nmen ^ should have
be unreasonable, lt would stlu be ^sfbffi totkAt matTktoT^f ‘f
the general discussions with Sir A. Ryan after his retur “to Jedda P
-d i i^' r Andrew Ryan stated that he had always considered Saudi Arabia and
proposed, namely, a discussion at Bahrein on a pkelyTractL? basjrwhh ^he
Sis; re/yrira y “*»
«■ •«*
^audi Government could not obtain reasonable cotmfp’f- Ut ’ + P? an ^ case ’, t ^ ie
conference, they would still be able to raise th.stueTon durkfkrgen^a!
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This volume concerns relations between the British Government and the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia).
The volume largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence. The correspondence near the beginning of the volume discusses Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's] wish to enter into full diplomatic relations with the British Government. The Hejazi Government's proposal in 1929 to establish a legation in London is accompanied by a request for the British Government to raise the status of its Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate in Jedda to the same status.
The subsequent correspondence in the volume discusses the following:
- The British Government's consideration (and acceptance) of Ibn Saud's proposal, and the appointment of Sir Andrew Ryan as His Majesty's Minister at the British Legation in Jedda in May 1930.
- Hafiz Wahba's appointment as Hejazi Minister in London in 1930.
- Complaints made by the Hejazi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding Sir Andrew Ryan's attitude and conduct since his arrival in Jedda.
- Details of an Hejazi-Nejdi diplomatic mission to Europe (including visits to Italy, France, Britain, and the Netherlands), undertaken in May 1932 and headed by Amir Feisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Hejazi Minister for Foreign Affairs (this part of the volume includes detailed accounts of the mission's meetings with Foreign Office officials during its visit to London).
- Sir Andrew Ryan's account of his meeting with Ibn Saud at Taif in July 1934, and their discussion of the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, in the Anglo-Ottoman convention of 1913) and the Kuwait blockade.
- Details of several meetings held at the Foreign Office between Fuad Bey Hamza (Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia), Sir Andrew Ryan and George William Rendel (Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department), during September 1934, regarding the 'blue line', the Kuwait blockade, and the future of the Treaty of Jedda (the treaty signed between Britain and Ibn Saud in 1927).
- Requests from the Italian Government for information regarding Fuad Bey Hamza's visit to London.
The volume features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Agent and Consul at Jedda, a position that was raised to His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda in late 1929 (Hugh Stonehewer Bird, William Linskill Bond, Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, and Albert Spencer Calvert successively); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Ronald William Graham); Ibn Saud; Amir Faisal; officials of the Hejazi/Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the 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. .
In addition to correspondence, the volume contains a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. The meeting, which took place in London on 8 November 1934, was primarily concerned with the settlement of the 'blue line' issue, the Saudi- 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 frontier, and the Kuwait blockade.
The volume includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (453 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 449; these numbers are written in pencil 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. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 3r:78v, 80r:96v, 100r:151v, 153r:218v, 220r:227v, 229r:238v, 240r:240v, 242r:242v, 244r:247v, 249r:255v, 258r:286v, 288r:293v, 298r:316v, 320r:362v, 364r:366v, 370r:371v, 373r:406v, 409r:422v, 424r:426v, 428r:448v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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