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'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous' [165r] (346/530)
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 OP HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT \y
EASTERN (A rabia ). q -NCY. May 16, 1933.
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CONFIDENTIAL. W7A3 S ection 2.
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^4. Ryan to Sir John Simon.—(Received May 16.)
(No. 110.)
Si r} Jedda, April 13, 1933.
' IN paragraph 32 of the Jedda report for March, enclosed in my despatch
No. 102 of the 7th April, I mentioned that Ibn Saud had given a dinner to notable
pilgrims on the evening of the 31st March. As you are aware, this is now a
regular feature of each year's pilgrimage season. On the present occasion, the
King entertained some hundreds of guests of various nationalities, including
several Indians. I understand from my Indian vice-consul that the attention
shown both to Shia and to Indian pilgrims has been a feature of this year's
pilgrimage. In the case of the Indians the King and the Minister of Finance,
who is largely responsible for dispensing such attention, had the advantage of
the presence of Jemal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Ghazzi, who has been conducting since last year an
intensive pro-pilgrimage campaign in India and was able to make play with
the intimacy he had established there with various participants in this
year's Haj.
2. It is the King's custom to speak at great length at these annual banquets.
The published version of his address on the present occasion occupied a page and
a half of the Umm-al-Qura of the 6th April. I enclose a short summary prepared
in the Legation.
3. The King preached from his usual text, the need for unity m Islam, but
he seems to have restrained almost entirely the tendency which he has sometimes
shown in the past to give offence by his utterances regarding people who do not
share his views. I understand that the published version of his speech represents
the original pretty accurately, although the actual language used in certain
passages may have been more emphatic. I have heard only one definite suggestion
of any important omission. According to my Persian colleagues the King gave
as one of the reasons why he could not aspire to the Caliphate the fact that so
many Moslem countries are under alien denomination. He is said to have included
in the number Egypt as being under the thumb of Great Britain. If he really
said this, it cannot have been pleasing to all his Egyptian hearers, though it might
gratify some of them.
4. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosures to His Excellency
the Viceroy of India (Foreign and Political Department), to His Majesty's
Ambassador at Bagdad and to His Majesty's High Commissioners for Egypt
and
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
.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Sumnfiary of the Speech delivered by His Majesty King Abdul Aziz-ihn-Saud
at the Banquet given on March 31, 1933, at the Royal Palace at Mecca.
(As published in Umm-al-Qura, April 6, 1933.)
THE Arab people, His Majesty said, enjoy one great blessing from God
m the teachings of the Prophet, which have descended on them like the fertilising
rain on the earth, and have been the means by which they have spread their
influence over vast territories. All Moslems were indebted to that great Teacher
for the good that they had; and if they would but adhere to the commands of
God, as given in the Koran and the sacred writings, they would be successful
[795 q—2]
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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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