File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz'

IOR/L/PS/10/1165/1

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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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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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1 item (152 folios)
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English and French in Latin script
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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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IOR/L/PS/10/1165/1
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P 87/1926 Pt 1

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11 Jan 1926-12 Jan 1928 (CE, Gregorian)

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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1165/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079399464.0x000002> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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