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'File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous' [116r] (243/366)
The record is made up of 1 volume (182 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 1930-4 Apr 1932. 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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and intellectual means at their disposal, to foster and augment, with a view to
its becoming the main source of Government income. It has been arranged that
the undetermined portion of the income shall be spent on its own objects, such
as securing the comfort of pilgrims, facilitating their journey and preparing
sanitary measures, and all such things as may bring tranquillity and happiness to
them and the people of the country. In order that the affairs and interests of
the inhabitants may lie within the scope of the sacred religious law and the
regulations which depend therefrom, we have ordered our Viceroy and the
Council of Ministers over which he presides to be watchful in carrying out our
orders, as regards the maintenance of peace and of justice and equity amongst
the people without distinction between the strong and the weak; to follow our
instructions as regards the improvement of finance; and to ensure that every
person shall have his rights without delay or negligence. We have ordered
Yusuf Yasin to convey all the instructions and orders in this respect to the
Viceroy in the Hejaz, so that he will see that they are notified and complied with
attentively. We have also ordered the Minister of Finance and Vice-President
of the Legislative Council to remain here in order to consider certain financial
affairs relating to Nejd and its Dependencies and then to return to their work.
We have left the door open, thank God, to everyone who has any complaint
and wishes to report. It has already been proved to all that we do not fail to
examine any claim in accordance with the religious law.
Relying upon God, we invite all Governors and officials to follow the right
path and the straight way in their procedure for the interests of the people and
the Government.
We pray that God may grant success to all. Amen !
ABDUL AZIZ-AL-ABDURRAHMAN-AL-FEISAL.
Ar-Riadh, Jumada-ath-Thani 28, 1350.
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to Hejaz affairs. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, 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 Bahrain and Kuwait, the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London, and the Government of India.
The majority of the volume concerns the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Hejaz-Najd and its Dependencies, especially the financial difficulties it was experiencing at the time and attempts to counter them.
Other subjects covered are:
- the prospect of the Kingdom joining the League of Nations;
- the appointment of a Minister in London;
- al-Qusaibi's proposed visit to London;
- the different uses of the title "Sheikh";
- American recognition of Ibn Sa'ud as King;
- the mineral prospecting of the American millionaire Mr C. R. Crane;
- American appraisal of the water situation in the region;
- the religious policing activities of the Committee of Virtue in the Hejaz;
- the arrest of two members of the royal family between Kuwait and Zubair;
- the territorial dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and Yemen;
- relations between Ibn Sa'ud and Italy.
A notable document within the volume is a confidential report on the heads of all foreign missions in Jeddah (folios 163-164).
At the back of the volume (folios 165-170) are office file notes.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (182 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically. There is a partial and non-alphabetical list of subjects at the front of the volume (folio 2). The list identifies some of the earlier subject correspondence in the volume and where it occurs, according to its original numbering, as folios 17 to 41a.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The sequence starts on the first page with ff 1A-1D and then continues from f 2 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. The are the following anomalies: f 38A; f 91A; f 108A; f 128A; f 146A; there is no f 119.
There are two more sequences that are inconsistent and incomplete.
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- IOR/R/15/1/567
- Title
- 'File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:38v, 38ar:38av, 39r:108v, 108ar:108av, 109r:128v, 128ar:128av, 129r:146v, 146ar:146av, 147r:158v, 159v:160v, 161v:174v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence