Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.' [‎20r] (39/174)

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This file, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, relates to the position and national status of British subjects and protected persons residing in the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The correspondence includes discussion of the following:

• The treatment of foreign chauffeurs employed by the Hejazi Government.
• Details of a proposed census of all male inhabitants of Hejazi towns, and the possible implications for foreign residents.
• Reports that the authorities in Mecca are demanding that foreign residents produce documentary proof of their foreign nationality within fifteen days, with the alternatives being either to adopt Saudi nationality or to leave the country within three months.
• The status in Saudi Arabia of natives of the Hadramaut.
• Reports of British protected persons of African origin being pressured to leave the country within a period of ten days (or in certain cases, to enter military service).
• Reports that British Indian chauffeurs and mechanics working in Saudi Arabia have been informed that they cannot continue working in their occupations unless they adopt Saudi nationality, on the grounds that cars which are engaged for military purposes cannot be driven or maintained by foreigners.

The file features the following correspondents: His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, succeeded by Albert Spencer Calvert); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia (Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd); officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.

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 (folio 2).

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1 file (85 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 87; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-86; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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