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Coll 6/9 'Jeddah Reports Jany 1931–' [69r] (138/802)
The record is made up of 1 file (399 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1931-31 Mar 1938. It was written in English. 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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the British agent of the time wished that he might see the meeting between
Ibn Sand’s wild Ghut-Ghut and this “ mincing boulevardier '—as he was then.
'27. At the.end of the month instructions about the Koweit blockade were
received which will perhaps enable another step to be taken towards the settlement
of this thorny question.
28. It has now become quite clear that Ibn Saud will not renounce his claim
to Jebel Naksh, and as His Majesty's Government have said that they regard it,
as well as Khor-al-Odeid, as essential, no settlement on this point is to be hoped
for at present. But Ibn Saud sees no harm in leaving that portion at least of
the frontier in doubt, in view of the excellent relations, and so on Nor does
His Majesty’s Minister, since the views of His Majesty’s Government on the
point have been made very clear to Ibn Saud on more than one occasion. His .
Majesty’s Minister and Fuad Bey are considering whether there are any other
parts of the eastern and south-eastern frontiers about which they could make joint
proposals that might appeal to their respective Governments. It may be mentioned
that in reiterating, on Ibn Sand’s instructions, the Saudi claim to Jebel Naksh,
Fuad Bey said nothing of economics, but claimed the hill on general grounds and
for patrol purposes. His Majesty’s Minister was moved to enquire whether
he had heard aright, or should the word have been “petrol”? Fuad Bey
professed with a bland smile that this consideration had no weight with Ibn Saud,
though it might be important to His Majesty’s Government, but he spoiled the
effect a little by saying that he didn't think there was any oil in Jebel Naksh.
29. The promulgation by His Highness the Sultan*of Mukalla of certain
reforms, notably the one requiring that, with the exception of the old ruling
families, all classes of the population, sayids included, shall pay taxes, is claimed
b\ some of the Hadhramis in Mecca as a victory of the Irshadi party in the
Hadhramaut, and attributed by others to pressure from Ibn Saud, who, they
naively say, threatened to annex the Hadhramaut unless the Sultan gave satis
faction to the Irshadi, i.e., Wahabi, demands. The British authorities are oiven
credit for having also insisted upon the adoption of the reforms—and for having
threatened to hand over his territory to Ibn Saud if he refused.
* 0W ? t0 t ^ ie ^ en Intelligence Summary the news that the Governor
ot Hodeida is said to be going to Jeizan to discuss matters in dispute between the
lemeni and Saudi Governments. Saiyid Muhammad Zabara (paragraph 416)
aiii\ed back at Mecca from Riyadh about the 3 rd January. What his mission
from his master the King of the Yemen was is still not known.
HI -—Relations with Powers outside A rahia.
^I- ^he FiemTi Minister, M. Maigret, left for Hodeida on the French sloop
d Iberville on the 28th January on his way to Sana to exchange ratifications of
the commercial agreement which he signed on the 23rd April, 1936. While the
vessel was at Jedda the admiral was entertained at lunch by Fuad Bey.
i pA I he J urklsh Charge d’Affaires, M. Palsay, is*due to leave for Sana
about the 1st March. It is thought that he also has an agreement of some kind
in mind.
33. The honorary Belgian consul, Lieutenant-Colonel Depui, has returned
tor a short period after a long absence. His cards announce him to be a Sherif
which is untrue, and an envoy plenipotentiary, which has this much truth in it that
he has received authority from the Belgian Government to negotiate a commercial
agreement with the Saudi Government such as he concluded recently with the
King of the Yemen. J e
- 34 a 7 h . e marriage of the Princess Juliana was celebrated in Jedda by a lom?
senes of festivities at the Netherlands Legation. The most distinguished was l
lunch at the Legation which was attended by the Amir Feisal- but the most
remarkable was an entertainment in which everything, from the Javanese dancing-
and n pilgr h ims Cene " Pamtmg a “ d jaZZ band ’ WaS the work of Javanese employee's
fi pA i he E gyP tlar J consulate in Jedda becomes a Legation with effect from
MinW th AKu Uaiy u and !v he cons . ul m char g e a first secretary. The Egyptian
Minister, Abdurrahman Azzam, is to arrive shortly, to present his credentiVk in!?
Gharge cTAffaires. U pthflLvemSK
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This file consists almost entirely of copies (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) of printed reports sent either by the His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard), or, in the Minister's absence, by His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert), to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Most of the reports cover a two-month period and are prefaced by a table of contents. The reports discuss a number of matters relating to the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia), including internal affairs, frontier questions, foreign relations, the Hajj, and slavery.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 400; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are 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. The leather cover wraps around the documents; the back of the cover has not been foliated.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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