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Coll 6/21(1) 'Hejaz-Nejd: Relations with H.M.G.: Hejaz Legation in London and British Minister in Jeddah.' [333r] (676/914)
The record is made up of 1 volume (453 folios). It was created in 7 Sep 1927-10 Jan 1935. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OP HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOYERNMENT,,
EASTERN (Arabia).
June 17, 1930.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Section 1.
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Sir A. Ryan to Mr. A. Henderson.—(Received June 17.)
(No. 120.)
Sir, Jedda, May 28, 1930.
IN the note on various matters of protocol enclosed in my despatch No. 114 of
the 18th instant, I referred to the question of formal visits by foreign representatives
to King Ibn Sand’s Heir Apparent as one which had not been raised in my conversa
tions with the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs and which need not arise at
present. I have the honour to state that it has in fact arisen much sooner than I
anticipated.
2. Late in the evening of the 25th May, I received a telephone message from
the assistant to the Governor of Jedda to the effect that the Emir Saud was arriving
early next morning, and would receive me the next morning at 10-10 a.m. On
enquiry, I found that the intention of the Prince was to receive the foreign repre
sentatives officially, and. that uniform would be appropriate. He received us in
succession, beginning with the Soviet Minister, at the Green Palace, which, Sheikh
Fuad Hamza tells me, is now definitely the property of the King. I took with me
the same party, minus the Legation interpreter, as when I presented credentials.
The Prince, who was attended by Sheikh Hafiz Wahba, placed me on a sofa beside
him. The reception was on the same lines as the less formal part of the proceedings
when the King himself received me. . . ,
3. The Governor of Jedda had issued invitations for a dinner, given also at
the Palace, but apparently by the local authorities, in honour of the Heir Apparent
It was a hot evening, and it was happily arranged that the European guests mig
wear ordinary evening dress, in which vogue of attire a black dinner jacket,
all do not own to it, is still the high-water mark in Jedda. Having surmounted the
perils of a staircase roughly laid with a carpet almost completely unsecured by rods,
Mr Bond and I were conducted to the roof. Having been welcomed by the Governor,
we passed between a double file of armed retainers to the furthest end where the
Prince received us. The Soviet Minister had already arrived, and we took our places
right andteft of His nts the company of twenty-three peopje. including
all the foreign representatives, except the Turk and the Persian and the principal
officials of Jedda and the King’s entourage went ind^e to a long narrow dim g
room which with attendant servants and slaves, we pretty completelv n . _ ^
is s szssis.s
assures me. were pi an f u,af got going
slender, he resembles his father cast in a ne , , . , ^ an( j [,6 has a most
are well marked and he conceals his eye trouble behind g“ anct He confined it
engaging smile. In his d myse if ° As M. Turlkouloff speaks both
almost entirely to the Soviet Minister ana y • direct and was good enough
Turkish and stumbling Arabic, he was a me ’ t j ie ou tset of the
to act to some extent as interpreter be ^ glorification of Islam, which
conversation before dinner the ? 1 P ir P ns 0 f pjg 0 wn. After dinner His
my Russian colleague^ echoed with contributimis t h SU pp 0Se that Islam
Highness reverted to the.subject, and said how Approach to the
^eS^f an alien faSTsaid that, indeed, there should be no conflict. I related
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This volume concerns relations between the British Government and the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia).
The volume largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence. The correspondence near the beginning of the volume discusses Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd's] wish to enter into full diplomatic relations with the British Government. The Hejazi Government's proposal in 1929 to establish a legation in London is accompanied by a request for the British Government to raise the status of its Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Consulate in Jedda to the same status.
The subsequent correspondence in the volume discusses the following:
- The British Government's consideration (and acceptance) of Ibn Saud's proposal, and the appointment of Sir Andrew Ryan as His Majesty's Minister at the British Legation in Jedda in May 1930.
- Hafiz Wahba's appointment as Hejazi Minister in London in 1930.
- Complaints made by the Hejazi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding Sir Andrew Ryan's attitude and conduct since his arrival in Jedda.
- Details of an Hejazi-Nejdi diplomatic mission to Europe (including visits to Italy, France, Britain, and the Netherlands), undertaken in May 1932 and headed by Amir Feisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Hejazi Minister for Foreign Affairs (this part of the volume includes detailed accounts of the mission's meetings with Foreign Office officials during its visit to London).
- Sir Andrew Ryan's account of his meeting with Ibn Saud at Taif in July 1934, and their discussion of the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, in the Anglo-Ottoman convention of 1913) and the Kuwait blockade.
- Details of several meetings held at the Foreign Office between Fuad Bey Hamza (Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia), Sir Andrew Ryan and George William Rendel (Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department), during September 1934, regarding the 'blue line', the Kuwait blockade, and the future of the Treaty of Jedda (the treaty signed between Britain and Ibn Saud in 1927).
- Requests from the Italian Government for information regarding Fuad Bey Hamza's visit to London.
The volume features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Agent and Consul at Jedda, a position that was raised to His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda in late 1929 (Hugh Stonehewer Bird, William Linskill Bond, Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, and Albert Spencer Calvert successively); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Ambassador in Rome (Ronald William Graham); Ibn Saud; Amir Faisal; officials of the Hejazi/Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and 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. .
In addition to correspondence, the volume contains a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East. The meeting, which took place in London on 8 November 1934, was primarily concerned with the settlement of the 'blue line' issue, the Saudi- 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 frontier, and the Kuwait blockade.
The volume includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (453 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 first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 449; these numbers are written in pencil 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. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 3r:78v, 80r:96v, 100r:151v, 153r:218v, 220r:227v, 229r:238v, 240r:240v, 242r:242v, 244r:247v, 249r:255v, 258r:286v, 288r:293v, 298r:316v, 320r:362v, 364r:366v, 370r:371v, 373r:406v, 409r:422v, 424r:426v, 428r:448v, v-r:vi-v, back-i
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