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Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.' [41r] (81/174)
The record is made up of 1 file (85 folios). It was created in 11 Apr 1931-13 Feb 1934. 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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NO.463.
(3366/3871/11} JJiBJjA.
50th November 1952*
Sir, l^ 1
In siy printea lettex* Ilo*45@ of the 2nd HoveMber I
transmitted to you a translation of the Ba^cii government’s
reply to my enquiry of the 29th October as to certain measures
which were being taken in Meeea to apply the Hejaz Nationality
Saw* A copy of my further note of the Bud November was attached*
2. Having received no reply, t took occasion of Fuad bey
H&mssa 1 a presence in Jedda on ICovember 16 to question him. He
denied having seen my second note, explaining that it might
well have missed him owing to hi© recent movements between T&if
and Mecca, bhough far from satisfied with this explanation, I
did not labour the point, for Fuad bey undertook to study my
note on Ms return to Mecca and to ensure that it was answered.
Meanwhile he gave me a verbal assurance that zay information
regarding the nationality Committee’s activities In Mecca was.
so far as he knew, incorrect. I replied, that I had withheld my
first note until 1 had satisfied myself that my information was
substantially accurate and that i should therefore be glad if
ha would look well into the matter before my note was answered,
since my object was to keep my Government fully and accurately
informed* fhis he promised to do. I am still however without a
reply.
5* nevertheless it seems that the Committee’s activities
ceased in the early days of this month, after it had completed
its survey of the Mu’abda quarter of Mecca, in which almost the
only foreign residents are Hadhramie. About the same time it
was learned privately that the Amir of deada had received orders
to constitute a similar Cojasdtuse ana that the Mayor of Jedda
/had
Hi© Majesty’s Principal ..a eretary of btate
for Foreign Affairs.
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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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- Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:19v, 23r:27v, 30r:38v, 40r:58v, 61r:86v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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