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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [62r] (117/306)
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.]
EASTERN (Arabia). . ^ [March 29, 1926.]
____________________ ^ ^ • 1
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 2.
—— —
[E 2069/7/91] No. 1.
Acting Consul Jordan to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—[Received March 29.)
(No. 28.)
Jeddah, March 9, 1926.
I HAVE the honour to enclose herewith an extract from the Mecca paper “ Umm-
al-Qura,” giving the text of the letter received from the Soviet representative in Jeddah
communicating the Soviet Government’s recognition of Sultan Abdul Aziz as King of
the Hejaz, and which was notified in writing to His Majesty on the 16th February last.
2. I am informed confidentially that the Soviet representative verbally requested
Ibn Saud to consider the Soviet Government’s recognition as confidential until His
Britannic Majesty’s Government had notified him of their recognition of His Majesty.
3. This arrangement, however, no doubt caused the anxiety to Ibn Sand as
reported in my telegram No. 23 of the 24th February.
4. The French consul in Jeddah also informed Ibn Saud verbally of the recogni
tion of the French Republic on the 2nd, as did also the Italian consul, but neither of
which to date have been confirmed in writing.
I have, &c.
S. R. JORDAN.
Enclosure in No. 1 .
Extract from the Mecca Newspaper “ Umm-al-Qura.”
Recognition from Foreign Powers for Abdul Aziz as King of the Hejaz
and Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies.
THE King has received on 3.8.1344 the following letter from the Russian agent
and consul:—
“ His Majesty the King of the Hejaz
and Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies.
“ (After greetings and respects.)
“ Supported by the order of my Government, I have the honour to inform
your Majesty that the Government of the Soviet Republic, according to the
fundamental principle regarding the independence and the freedom of nations,
and in regard to the will of the Hejaz people shown in their ‘ bayat ’ to your
Majesty as King over the Hejaz, recognise your Majesty as King of the Hejaz and
Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies.
“ Therefore the Soviet Government consider themselves in suitable convenient
political state with your Majesty’s Government.
“ In conclusion, please accept my best respects.
“ Karim Khakimoff,
“ Soviet Agent and Consul-General, Jeddah.
“3.8.44 (February 16, 1926).”
[1228 ff—2]
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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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