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Coll 6/38 'Saudi-Arabia: Position and National Status of British subjects and protected persons.' [78r] (155/174)
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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UMMMHK
mm overdue* Th^y were not always to tha E«ja» on
pay-day and they were really so well off that they did not
need to draw their wages mid preferred to let tlieia moxmt up*
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levertlieleaa a certain imsmei* of thm had mz&e trouble and
tried to organise a strike# these had tried to get the others ,
to join them imd, an meeting with a refusal, had set upon them*
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froopo had hem called out to restore order#
&• I ©aid that, if the men imd 15 © much cause for
happiness that they did not need their wagoe, it was odd that
I had hem given a list of 40 people in the M©J*ua who seemed
to want them* I had, not received petitions from all of them
hut I imd ted half a ciosm or so mostly frcaa mu employed by
the trmsport Company run by the Govemmant# I did not know
what the local law on strikes was, hut if 40 mm were kept
out of their pay to my own country there wemM he a strike
mid, it it went on, there would he a revolution# The chelkh
observed tlmt there was no such thing n© a strike in this
cmuatryi that mrt of thtog was }mi rebellion# I said that
there wm nothing to the Koran or the traditions about strikes
hut tout there m& a very great deal about people getting
their $mst dues# 1 suggested that the extent of the Motion
e&uoedy "by the incident was not realised* X did not, X said,
encourage ay servants to bring such things to m notice* When
two of them comm to w wife with the story, it was evidence of
a widespread feel tog#
6. ateikh tmmti? told me that tlm .'^vermaent had
d elded, to pay off toe recalcitrants and discharge them* 1
mentioned a ru^iaur that they were to be deported# 1 suggested
ttet the wisest nom*m for a Govenfmmt which ted created a
grievance, allowed toe situation to develop until there was
a breach at Um peace ate than bam compelled to restore
order
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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.
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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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