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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [19r] (31/306)
The record is made up of 1 item (152 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1926-12 Jan 1928. 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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
| April 25, 1927.]
Section 1.
[E 1884/1328/91] No. 1.
Acting Consul Mayers to Sir Austen Chambei'lain. — {Received April 25.)
(No. 35.)
Sir, Jeddah, April 7, 1927.
\\ ITH reference to my telegram No. 6 of the 4th instant and Foreign Office
despatch No. 27 of the 24th March last, 1 have the honour to transmit to 3 'ou herewith
translation of a letter dated the 4th April which 1 have received from the Acting
Director of Foreign Affairs informing me officially of His Majesty King Abd-el-Aziz’s
new title of “ King of the Hejaz, Nejd and its Dependencies,” and requesting me to
bring the information to the notice of His Majesty’s Government.
2. The 25th Rajab, 1345, date on which Ibn Sand theoretically adopted his new
title, corresponds in our era to the 29th January, 1)27. It seems rather strange that
definite information of the change was not available in Mecca until the end of March.
Perhaps Ibn Saud thought there was no need for haste in making it known. In
Riyadh he is farther removed from the usages of the outer world than he is in
Mecca.
I have, &c.
NORMAN MAYERS.
EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
I 22 63
~
[ 19 2 7
• Enclosure in No. 1.
Youssef Yassin to the Acting British Agent and Consul, Jeddah.
(After greetings.)
I HAVE the honour to inform your Excellency that when His Majesty my Lord
the King honoured Riyadh, the capital of the Sultanate of Nejd and its Dependencies,
deputations representing the people of that Sultanate and its Dependencies arrived
there and met in conference on the 25th Rajab, 1345, under the
presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
of His
Majesty [s/c] the Imam Abd-el-Rahman-el-Faisal A1 Saud, father of His Majesty the
King, and decided to constitute the Sultanate of Nejd and its Dependencies a kingdom
to be called the “ Kingdom of Nejd and its Dependencies.” They also decided to
proclaim His Majesty the King of the Ilejaz, Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies,
King Abd-el-Aziz-bin-Abd-el-Rahman-el-Faisal A1 Saud, King over it in the name of
“ King of Nejd and its Dependencies.”
The decision was then submitted to His Majesty, who issued the following
order:—
“In view of what has been submitted to us by the competent authorities
among our subjects in the Sultanate of Nejd and its Dependencies, we have
ordered that the Sultanate of Nejd and its Dependencies be the Kingdom of Nejd
and its Dependencies, and that our title be henceforth King of the Hejaz, Nejd
and its Dependencies
“ I pray God to grant us succour and aid to bear the burden of this task :
For He is the best helper.
“ Dated 25th Rajab, 1345. “ Abd-el-Aziz,
“ King of the Ilejaz, Nejd and its Dependencies."
Please communicate this to your Government.
(With respects.)
YOUSSEF YASSIN,
Acting Director of Foreign Affairs.
Dated 2.10.1345 (April 4, 1927).
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The papers cover the election of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as king in 1926, his assumption of the title of King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies, his de jure recognition by HM Government and others, the delay on the part of the Egyptian Government in recognising Ibn Saud's position as king, the British attitude towards the Nejd-Hedjaz conflict, salutes to the Hedjaz flag, and the breakdown of negotiations for the recognition of Ibn Saud by the Italian Government. The papers also cover Ibn Saud's proposal to send a delegate to the International Sanitary Conference in 1926, and to become signatory of the International Sanitary Convention.
The principal correspondents are the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.
There are newspapers cuttings from Forward and The Times ;and a letter in French, from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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