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Coll 6/80 'South and South-Western boundaries of Saudi-Arabia' [10r] (19/140)
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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8/9/6.
Personal.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Mecca.
7th Shawval l?-65.
Blst December 1936.
Dear Sir Reader,
With reference to Your Excellency*s personal letter
No. P102/316/65 of December 9th 1936, I have the honour to
inform you that T am glad to learn that the British
Government were oleased vith the assurance given by the
Denuty Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the ^nature of
the) deoarture from Neiran by r. Philby. The information
given to you by the Jeouty Minister for Foreign Affairs
explains the attitude of the Government of H. . the King
on this nuestion.
It has been a cause of regret to the Government of H.
M. the King that the matter should have left any coneeouences
''literally. ,f tails”) and that an importance which it does not
in fact possess should be attributed to it. Your Excellency
may be assured that, in remote deserts it is very difficult
to distinguish the actual frontiers if they are not fixed and
known, just rs it is difficult to comply with the special
arrangements concerning the crossing of the frontiers
particular'’y when there are no soeci'l official* for such
ouroose. oreover, as the Deputy -‘inlster for Foreign
Affairs has already explained to you, the Government of H.
. the King h*d no knowledge of the intention of Mr. ^hilby
to go to the Hadhramaut. It was therefore impossible for
the necessary application to be made for Permisaion for him
to go there. I have moreover learnt th^ t when r. '‘hilby
was asked by the repoonsitPe ruthorities in the TTadhremaut
Ahy
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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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- Government of Saudi Arabia
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