Coll 6/4(2) 'Asir: Relations between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.' [330r] (666/796)
The record is made up of 1 volume (394 folios). It was created in 9 Aug 1933-19 Apr 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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(iii)/
P.Z* 6992/33.
Extract from Kuwait intelligence Summary for
September 1933*
II. RIATH NEWS AND WAR HUMOURS.
(a) These have "been so many and frequent'throughout
September, that I have decided to give a summary of the
news as given me by the more reliable of my informants, rathei
than attempt, in any way to sift the immense volume of
rumour and gossip, that has come in almost daily from Riath,
Qassim and Bedouin sources*
(b) The following was supplied by His Excellency the
Shaikh of Kuwait on 6th September 1933:
(1) Kuwait bazaar rumour had it that Bin Saud
had ordered 50,000 bags of rice from India
to go direct to Has Tanura near Qatif, and
tenders were already being asked for from
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
owners for the transportation of this
consignment from Ras Tanura to Ojair. Rs.25/-
per 100 bags had already been offered*
Comments* No doubt the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain, is
in possession of the correct facts*
(ii)He confirmed the news that the export of dates
from Hassa had been forbidden by the King*
(iii)The 2,000 men sent by Ibn Saud down the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dawasir in August which he (the Shaikh) had
said, had been recalled, had merely been
ordered to hold fast, they had not been
withdrawn* (See para.V(d), (iii) of my August
Summary)*
(c) The following news was supplied on 10th September
by a minor Shaikh of the Mahfuth section of the Ajman, who
resides in Kuwait territory. He had left Riath on 24th
August*
(i) The Hassa tribes were concentrating their
fighting forces in the A1 Juda area at Najbiyel:
under the direction of Ibn Jaloui. Both
places were north west of Hoffuf and water and
grazing were plentiful* (ii)
(ii) The force so collected was to be under the
command of Saud, Ibn Jalou^s son*
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This volume mostly contains copies of Foreign Office correspondence (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) relating to the strained relations between Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Imam of Yemen [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn] and their respective claims to Najran. The volume concludes with reports on the outbreak of war between the two states and the war's early stages.
The correspondence discusses the following:
- An offer, made to Ibn Sa'ud by King Faisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of Iraq, to act as a mediator between Ibn Sa'ud and the Imam of Yemen.
- The Italian Government's refusal to recognise Ibn Sa'ud's annexation of Asir.
- An alleged oral agreement regarding the frontiers between Saudi Arabia (then the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd) and Yemen, which is believed to have been concluded between Ibn Sa'ud and the Imam of Yemen in 1927.
- Reports of the occupation of Badr, Najran, by Yemeni troops.
- Reports of Saudi troops having crossed the Asir-Yemeni frontier.
- Anglo-Italian correspondence regarding the status of Asir.
- Reports of Ibn Sa'ud having issued an ultimatum to the Imam of Yemen.
- Treaty negotiations between Britain and Yemen.
- Reports of Saudi-Yemeni negotiations.
- Italian requests for 'projected discussions' with the British in Rome, regarding matters in Arabia.
- Details of the outbreak of war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Foreign Office; His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires, Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); the British Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Ambassador to Italy (Ronald William Graham, succeeded by James Eric Drummond); the Secretary of State for the Colonies [Philip Cunliffe-Lister]; the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; King Faisal of Iraq [Fayṣal bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]; Ibn Sa'ud; the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Also included are extracts from Aden and Kuwait Political Intelligence summaries, and copies of letters from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson) to 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. [Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle], regarding public opinion in Kuwait on the Saudi-Yemeni dispute.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (394 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last flyleaf with 394; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 327-392 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
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