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'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous' [209r] (434/530)
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
1 TWIZIZ. $
EASTERN (Arabia ). September 12, 1933.
CONFIDENTIAL. Section 2 '
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[E 5328/759/25] No'. 1.
Mr. Calvert to Sir John Simon.—{Received September 12.)
(No. 265.)
HIS Majesty's Charge d'Affaires presents his compliments to His Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
to him copies of notes from and to the Saudi Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated
the 17th and 20th August respectively, on the subject of the Saudi Arabia-Yemen
situation.
Jeddd, August 20, 1933.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Saudi Minister for Foreign Affairs to Mr. Calvert.
(Translation.)
(Confidential.)
The Hon. Charge d'Affaires, Taif, August 17, 1933.
I AM requested by the Government of His Majesty the King to inform you
of the following, with a view to its communication to the authorities concerned ir
His Britannic Majesty's Government:—
2. The Imam Yahya, in one of the meetings which were held between the
delegation of the Government of His Majesty the King and the Imam Yahya, said
that the Italian Government's representative (who has been deputed for the
purpose of renewing the treaty which was concluded between the Imam Yahya
and the Italian Government, which expires in a year and a half, and who (the
representative) was at that time in Sana and is said to have left a week before the
return of the delegation without arriving at any useful result), asked the
Imam Yahya in one of their meetings about his point of view regarding the
Idrisi's territory and Asir. He added that the Italian Government have certain
views and intentions in regard to these territories, and that they have not
recognised them as belonging to the Government of Ibn Saud. The Imam
answered him saying that he also had not recognised Ibn Saud s claim either to
the territory or to Asir. Both of them demand them (the two territories) for
themselves. He (the Imam Yahya) asked the Italian representative to com
municate to him the advice of his Government as to how he should attain his
intentions and whether this should be done in a military or in a peaceful manner.
Immediately after that, the Italian representative asked his Government tor
their advice, and he subsequently informed Yahya that his Government did not
wish to express their views in this connexion, but that they requested that the
Imam should give his own opinion first and state his intentions and objects. I e
Imam Yahya then changed the subject and did not tell the delegation about the
remainder of the Italian Government's reply. There is no doubt that the Imam s
intention was only to pick a quarrel and to threaten. He requested the delegation
very strictly not to mention this statement to any one. , . , ,
3. The Imam Yahya sent a letter to His Majesty the King through the
Saudi Arab delegation, requesting him to recognise Haj ran as belonging e
Imam Yahya and that other matters could be postponed until . e
delegation communicated the contents of the letter to His Majesty the Kmg y
wireless from Jizan. His Majesty the King replied that this was impossib e an
that he could not agree to it unless they came to an agreement over all the ma ers
in dispute. No reply has yet been received about this from the Imam Y anya.
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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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- 'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1ev, 8v:11v, 15r:43v, 45v:56v, 59r:64r, 69v:118v, 120v:127v, 128v:133v, 134v:149v, 151v:161v, 162v:164v, 166r:166v, 168r:171v, 172v:174v, 175v:179v, 181r:201r, 202v:212v, 222r:225r, 226r:243v, 244v:256v, back-i
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