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Coll 6/43 'Pan Arab Congress 1933. Attitude of H.M.G. to a Pan Arab Movement' [79v] (159/1144)
The record is made up of 1 file (570 folios). It was created in 21 Dec 1932-5 Mar 1948. It was written in English and French. 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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His Majesty the King of Iraq has delegated for Iraq:
His Excellency Sayed Asshad el Omary, Minister for Foreign Affairs;
His Excellency El Sayed Jawdat el Ayoubi, Iraqi Minister 1 leni-
potentiary in Washington; ....... ™ •
His Excellency El Sayed Tahsin el Askari, Iraqi Minister I leni-
potentiary in Cairo.
His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia has delegated for baudi Arabia .
His Excellency El Sheikh Yusuf Yassin, Deputy Minister for Foreign
Affairs for Saudi Arabia; ^ a j-
His Excellency El Sayed Khair el Din el Zereky, Counsellor of Saudi
Arabian Legation in Cairo.
His Excellency the President of the Lebanese Republic has delegated for
the Lebanon :
His Excellency El Sayed Abdel Hamid Karamy, Prime Minister;
His Excellency El Sayed Yusuf Salem, Lebanese Minister Plenipo
tentiary in Cairo.
His Majesty the King of Egypt has delegated for Egypt:
His Excellency Mahmoud Fahmy el Nokrashi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Prime Minister;
His Excellency Mohammed Hussein Heikal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, President of the
Senate *
His Excellency Abdel Hamid Badawi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Minister for Foreign
Affairs *
His Excellency Makram Ebeid
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Minister of Finance;
His Excellency Mohammed Hafez Ramadan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Minister of Justice ;
His Excellency Abdel Razzak Ahmed El Sanhoury Bey, Minister of
Public Instruction;
Abdel Rahman Azzam Bey, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs,
His Majesty the King of the Yemen( 1 ) has delegated for the Yemen :
Who, after having exchanged their credentials according them full powers,
recognised valid and in due form, 'have agreed as follows :
Article 1.—The League of Arab States is composed of the independent Arab
States who sign the present Covenant.
Every independent Arab State has the right to join the League. It
desirous of joining, it will present an application to that effect and deposit it
at the Permanent Secretariat-General for submission to the Council at the first
meeting to be held after presentation of the application.
A Hide 2.—The object of the League is to strengthen relations between
member States, to co-ordinate their political action with a view to ensuring
collaboration between them and protection of their independence and sovereignty,
and generally to consider all questions concerning the Arab countries and their
interests.
Likewise its aim is to ensure close co-operation between the member States
consistent with the regime of each State and the conditions prevailing therein,
in the following matters :
{a) Economic and financial matters, including commercial relations, customs,
currency, agriculture and industry.
(6) Matters of communications, including railways, roads, aviation,
shipping, posts and telegraphs.
(c) Cultural matters.
{d) Matters relating to nationality, passports, visas, execution of legal
judgments and extradition of criminals.
[e) Social matters.
(/) Health matters.
A rticle 3.—The League shall have a council composed of the representatives
of the member States of the League, each State having only one vote irrespective
of the number of its representatives.
Its task will be to realise the aims of the League and to attend to the
execution of agreements made between the member States on matters referred
to in the preceding article and others.
p) Note. —The King of the Yemen being unable to send delegates to Cairo, the text of the
Covenant is being sent to him at Sana’a to be signed by his plenipotentiaries.
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This file concerns the British Government's response to the Pan-Arab movement during the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the correspondence refers to the prospect of an Arab federation, although the use of the word 'federation' is noted in some of the correspondence as being a mistranslation of the original Arabic expression, which would be more accurately represented by the words 'unification' or 'unity'.
Significant subjects of discussion include:
- Arab party politics in Palestine.
- Iraqi-Egyptian relations.
- Italian propaganda in the Middle East.
- The future of Palestine.
- Britain's post-war policy in the Middle East.
- Whether the Arab states should be induced to make a wartime declaration in favour of the democracies (i.e. the Allies).
- The formation of the Arab League (also referred to as the Arab Federation in the correspondence).
- Details of the Pact (also referred to as Covenant) of the Arab League, signed in Cairo on 22 March 1945.
- Whether representatives of the Arab League should be present at the Palestine Conference in London, in 1947, in addition to representatives of Arab states.
Notable correspondents include the following: the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the High Commissioner for Iraq; His Majesty's Ambassador in Baghdad; the High Commissioner for Egypt; His Majesty's Ambassador in Cairo; the High Commissioner for Palestine; His Majesty's Minister at Jedda; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Minister of State in the Middle East; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the 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. , the Commonwealth Relations Office, and the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. 's External Affairs Department; Noury Said [Nūrī al-Sa‘īd], Prime Minister of Iraq; George Antonius, Lebanese-Egyptian author and diplomat.
Also included with the correspondence are the following:
- Extracts from Palestine police summaries dating from 1933 to 1936, produced by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Jerusalem.
- A printed copy of a paper on Arab federation by the Foreign Research and Press Service, dated 20 June 1941.
- Copies of documents produced by the War Cabinet's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East (also referred to as the Middle East (Official) Committee), including minutes of meetings (1941-1942) and a copy of a report on Arab Federation, dated January 1942.
- A copy (in French) of the Protocol of the Preparatory Committee for the Arab Congress, dated 7 October 1944.
- Copies of the Pact/Covenant of the recently formed Arab League (consisting of a printed copy in French, distributed by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and an English translation of the full Arabic text, which includes a passage that was omitted from the French version).
The French material consists of the aforementioned Protocol and Arab League Pact, plus one item of correspondence and a copy of a newspaper extract.
The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence (folios 2-3).
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- 1 file (570 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 571; 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. Two previous foliation sequences, which are also circled, have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 6/43 'Pan Arab Congress 1933. Attitude of H.M.G. to a Pan Arab Movement'
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