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Coll 6/4(2) 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.' [331r] (668/796)
The record is made up of 1 volume (394 folios). It was created in 9 Aug 1933-19 Apr 1934. 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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(iii) Til© place for the concentration had been
selected for its proximity to Hoffuf, whence
dates, rice and supplies generally could be
easily transported to them*
(iv) Riath gossip was that Nejran was to be the
King*s objective*
(v) He had heard the King in open Mejliss say
that Yemen forces had overrun the whole of
Nejran and were in complete occupation of the
valley*
(vi) Several Nejran Shaikhs had arrived at Bin
Sand*s court, notably Ibn Mana, to beg for
help against the Imam Yahya*
(vii) He had heard in Riath that Ibn Rabaiyan
(Ataiba), A1 Firm (Harb) and Mashari Ibn
Musaiyis (Mutair) were all trying to get out
of sending war contingents to the capital,
and that the King was anxious lest tnese
Chiefs should suddenly defy him, and make
his task of mobilization difficult*
(viii) He had returned ffr om Riath via Hoffuf and the
coast, and saw contingents of Ajman Bani Hajii
and Awazim everywhere moving south to A1
Juda*
(ix) He noticed that Awazim non-combatants with
women and children were moving into the
Kuwait Neutral Zone. These, thought he,
were planning to come up to Kuwait for
supplies, taking advantage of the partial
disorganisation that had occurred in the
Blockade arrangements as a result of war
rumours*
(d) The following was given me by a reliable Shaikh of
the Jiblan section of the Mutair on 15th Septemberi —
(i) Faisal bin Aun of"Medina had sent to Riath
20 herds (Assas) of 30 camels each*
(ii) Faisal bin Sulaiman of Taif had sent to
Riath 15 Assas of 50 camels each.
(iii) He confirmed story that Ibn Rabaiyan had
arrived at Riath with eleven mares and two
ladies, and that the King had forgiven him
publicly for having refused to attend when
first summoned and had further excused
Ataiba from sending a war contingent*
(iv) A1 Firm, Shaikh of Harb had written in to
say that he was prepared to go and fight
towards the north, east or west, but could
not go south as he was no longer a young man,
but that the King had refused to excuse him* (v)
(v) Ibn Masaad, Governor of Hail, had beai
informed by the King that Hail and Shammar f*e€
need not supply any contingents* Their role
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This volume mostly contains copies of Foreign Office correspondence (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) relating to the strained relations between Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] and their respective claims to Najran. The volume concludes with reports on the outbreak of war between the two states and the war's early stages.
The correspondence discusses the following:
- An offer, made to Ibn Sa'ud by King Faisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of Iraq, to act as a mediator between Ibn Sa'ud and the Imam of Yemen.
- The Italian Government's refusal to recognise Ibn Sa'ud's annexation of Asir.
- An alleged oral agreement regarding the frontiers between Saudi Arabia (then the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd) and Yemen, which is believed to have been concluded between Ibn Sa'ud and the Imam of Yemen in 1927.
- Reports of the occupation of Badr, Najran, by Yemeni troops.
- Reports of Saudi troops having crossed the Asir-Yemeni frontier.
- Anglo-Italian correspondence regarding the status of Asir.
- Reports of Ibn Sa'ud having issued an ultimatum to the Imam of Yemen.
- Treaty negotiations between Britain and Yemen.
- Reports of Saudi-Yemeni negotiations.
- Italian requests for 'projected discussions' with the British in Rome, regarding matters in Arabia.
- Details of the outbreak of war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Foreign Office; His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); the British Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Ambassador to Italy (Ronald William Graham, succeeded by James Eric Drummond); the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Philip Cunliffe-Lister]; the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; King Faisal of Iraq [Fayṣal bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; Ibn Sa'ud; the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Also included are extracts from Aden and Kuwait Political Intelligence summaries, and copies of letters from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson) to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. [Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle], regarding public opinion in Kuwait on the Saudi-Yemeni dispute.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (394 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last flyleaf with 394; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 327-392 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
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