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'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous' [103r] (222/530)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
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Sir A. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—(Received January 18, 1933.)
(No. 487.)
HIS Majesty's Minister at Jedda presents his compliments to His Majesty's
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and has the honour to transmit to him
copy of his minute of the 26th instant respecting a conversation with Fuad Bey
Hamza on the subject of the rebellion in Asir.
Jedda, December 29, 1932.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Minute by Sir A. Ryan.
FUAD BEY HAMZA called this morning for the first time since my return.
After politesses of some length, 1 asked about the news from Asir. He said
that all was well north of a line inland from Madhaya, a small port some 25 kilom.
south of Jizan. It had been necessary to administer punishment to the Njua
tribe (presumably the Naj'u described in Handbook of Arabia, I, 441), some
hundreds of whom had been killed. I understood Fuad to be confirming what
Hafiz Wahba had told me on the 23rd December, namely, that the troops had
reached Sabya after fighting. These are the troops of Khalid-bin-Luwey's
column, but Fuad said that Khalid himself had died (of illness, he said) on the
march from Abha. Fuad said that the country from the above line southward to
the frontier had still to be pacified owing to the uncertain activities of the
Masariha and other tribes in the Abu Aris region. Hasan-al-Idrisi was with
the Masariha. On my mentioning Ibn Musa'ad, he said that he was still at
Abha. He was to be appointed Governor-General of the whole area and would
be replaced in the Governorate of Hail, which was at present held by an acting
man.
2. Fuad said that he had never attached any importance to the Asir
rebellion, which would simply end in the death of several hundred tribesmen and
the widowhood of as many women, but he wished to speak of another aspect which
might be of more interest to me, viz., the attitude of the Italians, with whom His
Majesty's Government had an understanding about Arabia. He said that on
Wednesday, the 21st December last, an Italian sloop, the name of which he could
not give, had put in at Jizan without previous notice of any kind. After some
hesitation over the establishment of contact in those conditions, the local Governor
had seen the commander and had pointed out to him the impropriety of the visit.
On this the sloop left on Thursday afternoon, but only to go into other territorial
waters, those of the Farsan islands, and thence to a small island off Madhaya,
where it spent the night. Next day, Friday, the 23rd, she visited Madhaya twice
at an interval of some hours. The Saudi Government regarded their proceedings
as a gross breach of international practice and had taken the matter up strongly
with the Italian Minister here, who was in communication with Eome. Signor
de Peppo had expressed the view that the proceedings of the sloop had not taken
place under authority from his Government. If this proved to be the case, it
would diminish without destroying the importance of the affair. Fuad said that
he had the King's instructions to communicate the facts to me. I said I would
note them and convey the communication to His Majesty's Government, but could
not comment on the action of friendly foreign authorities.
3. Fuad Bey spoke at some length of other external activities behind the
Asir affair and. replying to a question by me, said that they were an important
factor in it. He did not openly accuse the Italians of complicity, but what he
[683 s—1]
EASTERN (A rabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 361/2/25]
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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.
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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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