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The record is made up of 1 volume (261 folios). It was created in 12 May 1932-28 Dec 1933. 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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5 22 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS [JULY
subjects of his had crossed 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 frontier and had
come into the Hejaz with the object of making trouble for him.
On June 20th a telegram arrived from 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 saying that about 400 or 450 of the Billi tribes
men (a tribe in the north-west of the Hejaz) had crossed to 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 frontier on the narrow neck of land which runs
between the north of the Gulf of 'Aqabah and the Sinai Peninsula;
they had come along on Egyptian territory, not through Trans
jordan, but it was admitted that there were between 400 and 450
of them in Hejaz territory. Ibn Sa'ud was faced with difficulties
m several respects. In the first place, he had been having
trouble in Asir; he had also been having trouble with the Imam
Yahya; then the tribes about Ta'if were restive; and on top of
that this number of men were coming down into the north of
the Hejaz, where the financial position was very bad owing to
lack of ram. Ibn Sa ud's spy service was exceptionally good
and it was a strange matter, in view of what I shall mention
later, that these 450 men had swoUen in three weeks to 1250
men, who could only have come from 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 , because the
Admiralty had sent H.M.S. Penzance and H.M.S. Hastings to the
north of the Gulf of 'Aqabah in order to help Ibn Sa'ud. It
id not suit our book at all that there should be a successful
rebellion in which it was suggested the rebels had come over
soil of which Great Britain had accepted the mandate. The
rebel force was quite an unknown quantity, inasmuch as Ibn
^a ud did not know to what numbers it would eventually grow.
He did nothing hurriedly. He collected the Akhwan from the
nearest settlements; he collected ten thousand at Ta'if and six
t ousand at a place called A1 Ula on the old Hejaz railway from
Damascus to Medina, which Colonel Lawrence blew up. For a
distance of some ten to fifteen miles inland along the east side
o t e Gulf of Aqabah there are some high hills which are quite
impracticable for men in any numbers. The rebels had got in
t e hills half-way between Muwaila and 'Aqabah itself. Ibn
au despatched the six thousand Akhwan gathered at A1 Ula
to haba, a place a little north of Muwaila, and they swept up
rom there to 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 frontier and exterminated Ibn
Kifada and all his followers. Only a few escaped into Trans
jordan. As a lesson to any others, the head of Ibn Rifada was
cut off and used as a football by the boys of Dhaba.
It is difficult to interpret the psychology of the double number
o t e Mecca newspaper, the Umm-al-Qurd, which was published
m onour of the defeat of Ibn Rifada. The Umm-al-Qurd is the

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Content

The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence is mostly between the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Muscat, the Colonial Office, and the Government of India.

The main subjects of the volume are:

the change in name from 'The Kingdom of the Hejaz-Nejd and its Dependencies' to 'The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia';
the announcement of Ibn Sa'ud's eldest son, Prince Sa'ud, as the heir apparent to the throne;
the territorial dispute between Yemen and Saudi Arabia after the latter's absorption of the 'Asir region into its kingdom.

A copy of the 23 September 1932 issue of the newspaper Umm al-Qura is contained in the volume (folios 57-58). It features the Royal Order proclaiming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Other miscellaneous subjects covered in the volume include:

relations between Italy and Saudi Arabia;
a dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and his agent in Bahrain, al-Quasaibi [‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Qusaibi], over a debt the former owes the latter;
a revolt against Ibn Sa'ud by tribes loyal to ex-King Hussein coming from Sinai;
a request for a loan made by Ibn Sa'ud to the British Government;
relations between the Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia;
relations between the USA and Saudi Arabia, including the visit of a Mr Gallant looking for oil concessions;
concessions for the building of the railway between Mecca and Jeddah;
the prospect of Saudi Arabia joining the League of Nations;
the case of two slave girls seeking refuge at the British Legation in Jeddah.

Other documents of note contained in the volume are:

a copy of a new customs tariff for Saudi Arabia (folios 122-134)
a 'Who's Who' of Saudi Arabia, produced by the British Legation in Jeddah and covering all those deemed important to know by the British (folios 183-200);
an envelope containing the torn-out pages of an article in the International Affairs journal (Vol. 12, No. 4, Jul., 1933, pp 518-534) entitled 'Ibn Sa'ud and the Future of Arabia.'

At the back of the volume (folios 245-251) are internal office notes.

Extent and format

1 volume (261 folios)

Arrangement

The volume is arrranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The sequence starts on the first folio and continues to the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, circled and 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. Note that following f 1 are folios 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D. The sequence then continues as normal from folio 2. There are two other foliation systems present but both are inconsistent and neither are circled.

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English and French in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/568
Title: 'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous'
Pages: 213r:221v
Author: Lewis, Captain C C
Usage terms: Public Domain