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Coll 6/8(1) 'Printed Series: 1929 to 1938.' [‎461v] (927/1062)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (527 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1929-15 Jan 1938. 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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106
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Memorandum from the British Agent and Consul, Jeddah, No. 2807/
1461/72, dated the 28th August 1929.
His Majesty’s Agent and Consul at Jeddah presents his compliments to the
Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department and has the
honour to transmit to him the undermentioned documents.
Description of Enclosure.
Name and Date.
Subject.
Jeddah despatch to the Foreign Office,
No. ‘279 of 28th October 1929.
Defeat of the Ataibah.
Enclo. to Serial No. 124.
Letter from the British Agent and Consul, Jeddah, to the Foreign
Office, London, No. 279, dated the 28th October 1929.
I have the honour to refer to my telegrams No. 139 (Serial No. 33) and
No. 148 (Serial No. 58) of September 21st and October 10th last regarding the
reported defeat of a punitive expedition sent against the Ataibah under the
command of Khalid bin Lowai.
2. Further reports of this incident have now been received.
3. It appears as far as I can judge from the confused accounts which have
reached me tha$ a strong force of the Ataibah under al Dahaina moved south
wards across the Mecea-Biyadh road penetrating as far as the country around
Turaba raiding villages in that neighbourhood but not venturing near Taif.
4. Khalid bin Lovrai’s expedition against them was not at first successfu
and he was compelled to retire or else of his own accord withdrew to Khurma
However on the arrival of reinforcements sent from Taif under Mohammed
bin Sahmi, Khalid bin Lowai made a detour and threatened the Ataibah
communications, thus compelling the forward detachments of the raiders to
^ len a PP ears to have followed up his success by driving these
etachments Northwards and an action is reported to have taken place bet
ween them and the loyal sections of the Ataibah under Ibn Bubeian, in which
they are said to have been defeated with heavy loss. It is now reported that
num ers of men, v omen and children of the rebellious Ataibah have been and
are emg rought m to the camp of Khalid bin Lowai and are being butchered
mins presence, some of the more important captives being sent to the King
and after a nominal trial by the Sharia Court, flogged and put to death.
^ att , er , s mi S ht bec <>me more serious but for the fact that the raiding
cnnt-?pr«fln ted as A J lsua l 1 ^ muG]l attention to plunder and too little to tactical
Ah! p! Tim j 1 had S ° me ° f the other Ataibah leaders such as Sultan
Dahaim fh’p^i 10 ad a PP ar ently been wavering, thrown in their lot with El
himself i<? rpnnHWlT bave been vei 7 much greater. Sultan Abu el Ula
to a distant rponn °i ^ een snmmon cd by the King and to have been sent
to a distant region where he can do no harm.
sioners ^ de ?P atch to His Majesty’s High Commis-
Foreio-n and Pnh'f V i a ? d ^ rans i or ^ an » the Government of India in the
at Bushire the V^ rf -^^tment, the Political Besident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Koweit 5 1 1Ca President at Aden and 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

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This volume compiles printed copies of letters, telegrams, memoranda and newspaper extracts relating to Britain's involvement across the Arabian Peninsula during the period 1929-1938. Whilst the correspondence encompasses all matters concerning British interests in the region, much of it relates to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). Matters discussed in the correspondence include the following:

  • Reports of unrest in the Hejaz.
  • Relations between Imam Yeha Hamid-Ud-Din [Yaḥyá Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Imam of Yemen] and Ibn Saud.
  • Reports of raids and arms trafficking on the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan -Nejd frontier.
  • Reports of the proceedings of British naval ships in the Red Sea.
  • Details of the Akhwan [Ikhwan] revolt against Ibn Saud, including the movements of one of the revolt's leaders, Faisal Dawish [Fayṣal bin Sulṭān al-Dawīsh], and his surrender to the British in Kuwait.
  • Relations between Kuwait and Nejd.
  • Relations between Iraq and Nejd, including a proposed meeting between Ibn Saud and King Faisal [Fayṣal] of Iraq, and reports of a treaty of alliance between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • Objections from the Hejaz Government to Royal Air Force aircraft flying over Nejd territory.
  • The purchase of arms by the Hejaz Government from Poland.
  • Ibn Saud's annexation of Asir.
  • The death of King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī].
  • Harry St John Bridger Philby's conversion to Islam, his mapping of Rub-al-Khali, and his reported spreading of Saudi propaganda in the Aden Protectorate.
  • The currency exchange crisis in the Hejaz-Nejd and the financial situation in the kingdom generally.
  • Reports on a survey of the water and mineral content of the Hejaz coastal area.
  • Relations between Soviet Russia and Saudi Arabia.
  • The emigration of Jews from Yemen to Palestine, via Aden.
  • British fears that Italy might harbour ambitions to annex Yemen.
  • Saudi oil concessions.
  • Italian-Saudi relations.

Prominent correspondents include the following: the British Agent (later His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires) at Jeddah; His Majesty's Minister at Jeddah; the High Commissioner for Egypt; the High Commissioner for Iraq; the High Commissioner for Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; 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. , Kuwait; 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. (later Chief Commissioner, and later still, Governor), Aden; 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. ; His Majesty's Ambassador to Iraq; His Majesty's Ambassador to Italy; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Minister (and Acting Minister) for Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia); Ibn Saud; King Feisal of Iraq; the Prime Minister of Iraq; various officials of the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, the Air Ministry, and the Admiralty.

The French material in the volume consists of several items of correspondence and a copy of a treaty between France and Yemen, which was signed in April 1936.

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.

Extent and format
1 volume (527 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The items of correspondence are divided (roughly) into various sections. Each extract or item of correspondence within these sections has its own number, which is enclosed in brackets. These numbers proceed in ascending (and approximate chronological) order from left to right; however, the sections themselves proceed in reverse, from the rear to the front of the volume, in distinct groups (e.g. for 1929 numbers 1-23, which are located at folios 517-526, are followed by numbers 24-49 at folios 509-516, which are then followed by numbers 50-89 at folios 494-508, and so on).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 529; 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.

Pagination: each section of correspondence within the volume (as described in the arrangement field) has its own pagination sequence.

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