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Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia' [8r] (15/140)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 8 Oct 1936-1 Mar 1937. 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* 2811/516/6S*
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British Legation,
Jedda.
ii9th December 1956*
Your Koyal Hig/iness,
After Compliments,
Since I had the honour to receive Your Koyal Highness's
personal letter about Mr* Philby’s journey, No. 2/9/6 dated
i^lst ecenber, I have had the opportunity to see His ^cellency
Fuad Bey and to speak of the matter again*
It is true that when one of Mr. Philby's cars broke
down the Aden authorities did not object to his going into the
Hamramaut to obtain spares, but no such need drove Mr.
Philby to visit Lhabwa, which is incontestably in the Aden
Protectorate though not in the Hadhramaut, and it was in
particular on the question of &h©bwa that I based the earlier
conversation which I had with His Excellency Tuad Bey. No
suspicion can attach to the Government of H.M. King Abdul
Aziz in this matter in view of the assurances which they have
given, but Your Royal Highness will permit me to say that it
is for His Majesty's Government to judge how the arrival of
Mr. hilby with an armed baud! force (or escort) might be
viewed by persons living in the Aden Protectorate. But I o
not wish to prolong this question any further, and I conclude
by stressing the comment which I made to His Excellency Fuad
Bey on December 26th as to the great impropriety committed
by Mr. Fhilby in procuring an armed force (or escort) from
the baud! Government for topographical work in Najran and
using it, without their knowledge, for a quite different
end an illegitimate purpose, viz. to enter the territory
of the Aden Protectorate.
Viith highest respects,
Hie Loyal Highness
The Amir Feysal,
Mecca
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This file relates to the disputed south and south-western boundaries of Saudi Arabia. It primarily concerns an expedition to southern Saudi Arabia that was undertaken by Harry St John Bridger Philby in 1936, during which Philby was reported to have entered Yemeni and British territory. Much of the correspondence discusses Philby's visit to Shabwa [Shabwa, Yemen] (reportedly with an armed Saudi party), a visit considered by the British to be an incursion into the Aden Protectorate.
The file's principal correspondents are the following: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Reader William Bullard); the Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Aden (Morice Challoner Lake); Harry St John Bridger Philby; the Minister for Saudi Foreign Affairs [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; the Sultan of Shihr and Mukalla; the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].
In addition to correspondence the file includes Philby's own account of his visit to Shabwa, in an article published in The Times in January 1937.
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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- 1 file (68 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; 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.
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- Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia'
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- front, front-i, 2r:9v, 12r:13v, 18r:41v, 43r:43v, 46r:52v, 56r:57v, 59r:59v, 62r:63v, 66r:69v, back-i, back
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