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'File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous' [225v] (467/530)
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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5. Events seem to be steadily marching towards a climax and from the
determination which Ibn Sand is pursuing his military plans the possibilities of
a peaceful settlement and the efficacy of sedative counsels are just as steadily
diminishing.
6. Copies of this despatch and enclosures are being sent to His Majesty's
Ambassador at Rome, His Majesty's High Commissioners for Egypt and Trans-
jordan, the Acting Commissioner, Aden, and to the Senior Naval Officer in the
Red Sea Sloops.
I have, &c.
A. S. CALVERT.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Extract from the Egyptian Gazette of September 2, 1933.
Y emen -S audi R elations.
THE Ahram's Rome correspondent learns from a reliable source that when the
Saudi delegation which had been to Sanaa, the capital of the Yemen, to discuss
outstanding questions between the Saudi Kingdom and the Yemen with the Imam
Yahya, and which was for some time kept virtual prisoner, returned to Mecca and
Riad, the capital of the Nejd, it carried with it a lengthy letter from the Imam
to King Ibn Saud regarding the questions which the delegations had gone
to discuss.
Although the contents of the letter are not yet fully known, declares the
correspondent, it is certain that the Imam has expressed a desire to conclude a
treaty of defence with King Ibn Saud.
It would appear, he continues, that the Imam's viewpoint on the subject is
that he would like a treaty with King Ibn Saudf but that he is about to conclude
a treaty of friendship and ' c bon-voisinage " with Britain regarding the nine
protected settlements, and he believes that the conclusion of a treaty between him
and King Ibn Saud would obstruct the progress of negotiations between him and
Great Britain and might be given an unsuitable interpretation by Italy and
Russia.
The Frontier Question.
The Imam's opinion of the frontier question is that the inhabitants of the
district of Najran, the subject of dispute, are neither Sunnis nor Zeidis, and that
they have never actually been subject to the Yemen or to the Nejd, and that, there
fore, he considers that the occupation of this district does not constitute a violation
of pledges or transgression on Nejd.
As regards Asir and Tihama, the Imam maintains that although these two
territories were handed over to King Ibn Saud by their original rulers, A1 Aid
and the Idrisi, yet there are historical considerations which induce him to consider
these two territories as part of the Yemen.
Nevertheless the Imam has suggested an alternative solution of the problem,
namely, that the Idrisi should again be allowed to rule over these two territories
and should be given the choice to conclude a treaty with whichever side they wish.
King Ibn Saud's opinion on this subject is not yet known.
All Moslems in Egypt are Sunnis. The great majority of Moslems in Iraq
and in Persia are Shias. The Sunnis make their pilgrimage at Mecca and Medina,
whereas the Shias go to Najaf and Karbala in Iraq. The Zeidis are neither
Sunnis nor Shias.
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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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