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'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous' [192v] (401/530)
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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in Jedda. Was said also to be desirous of British naturalisation at that time.
Described as having been a Wahhabi by conviction, even before the Sa'udi
invasion. Deported to 'Aqaba during King 'Ali's short reign. Figured as a
Hejazi delegate at the Moslem Congress in Mecca in June 1926. Was given
the privilege of putting Ibn Sa'ud up during the years following the fall of
Jedda, but has not done so since the King acquired the " Green Palace." Has
not held office, as was expected, under the Sa'udi regime, perhaps owing to doubt
as to his trustworthiness. Kather a dark horse nowadays and may both dislike
;and be disliked by the regime, but keeps quiet. Said to be a good Arabic scholar
•and possesses what passes in Jedda for a remarkable library. An aldermanic
figure.
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51. Ibrahim ihn Mu'ammar.
Head of the Amir Sa'ud's diwan, or secretariat, at Riyadh. Was formerly
a well-known propagandist and press correspondent for Arabic papers and seems i 11 ® 11
to have spent some years in Egypt and India. Probably identical with the f||i s ]
" Muammar Bey " mentioned in the Jedda report for February 1926 as having ^
been Nejdi representative in Egypt and having just been appointed "head of I j
the Foreign Political Intelligence Department and chief adviser to the King." y
Would appear to have become head of the King's diwan soon after, probably 5
in July 1926. Little known in European circles, but probably important in
Ibn Sa'ud's entourage. Was transferred in September 1932 to the diwan of
the Amir Sa'ud. This transfer, if effective, need not be regarded as relegation
to an inferior post, as it may quite well have been part of a plan to equip the
Amir for his probable role of successor to the throne. (See 1 (2).) Ibrahim ibn
Mu'ammar was described by the Indian vice-consul in 1928 as a good-hearted and
pro-British man. Selected in May 1933 for post of Charge d'Affaires at Bagdad
in place of Rusheyd
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52. 'Id Rawwdf. | ji |Sw
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, formerly Sa'udi
consul in Damascus. Born about 1898. One of a Sherari family which migrated
from Jauf to Damascus in 1910. Family not highly considered in Damascus,
but 'Id's father maintained close connexion with Ibn Sa'ud and was helpful to
him in negotiations with the Turks. He, the father, made a fortune in camel-
dealing and left wealth to his two sons. 'Id was also a camel merchant before W
being appointed to his Damascus post in 1929 in succession to his brother Yasin. | ™
Had then only had primary education, but was stated last year to be busily J™
improving on it. Was considered by His Majesty's present consul in Damascus *
rather stupid, though pleasant and useful. Well informed on local currents of
thought and pushes in Syrian nationalist circles, without apparently carrying
much weight, the idea of an Arab Empire with Ibn Sa'ud as a suitable ruler
for it. The brother Yasin Rawwaf, whom he succeeded, is said to have become pi®
Governor of Medina m 1929-30. He was appointed second assistant to the ^
Viceroy of the Hejaz in September 1930, but has faded out of Sa'udi official
life and now lives at Damascus.
P.S.—-'Id Eawwaf was superseded as consul at Damascus by Rusheyd
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
{q.v.) in May 1933 and appointed an Assistant Under-Secretary of State for :
Foreign Affairs.
53. Idrisi Family. ^
Founded by Ahmed al Idrisi, a native of Fez, who became a notable religious
teacher at Mecca and created a Tariqa, or school of religious doctrine. Moved
on to Sabya, in 'Asir, where he acquired land and died in the odour of sanctity .
about 1837 and where his tomb is still venerated. The Idrisis supplanted the j.'^
Sherifian family, which had ruled at Abu 'Arish in the time of his son Muhammad Poi
and Muhammad's son 'Ali. The branch of the family most identified with | ^
'Asir is descended from these two, as appears from the following table, which is ^
not necessarily complete or accurate as regards order of birth :—
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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