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Coll 6/21(1) 'Hejaz-Nejd: Relations with H.M.G.: Hejaz Legation in London and British Minister in Jeddah.' [356r] (722/914)
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 OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT.
EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
^ 612/612/91]
February 3, 1930.
48 5
q q Q f Section 1.
No. 1 .
ilfr. Bond to Mr. A. Henderson.—{Received February 3.)
{No. 25.)
Sir, Jedda, January 20, 1930.
I HAVE the honour to report that the accession of King Ibn Sand was
celebrated on the 8 th and 9th January in conformity with an elaborate programme
of festivities which had been devised for the occasion. These were the first
celebrations of the sort that have taken place, and it is stated that the King was at
first opposed to them, although he subsequently gave his consent.
2. In Jedda the streets were beflagged and a general holiday was proclaimed
on the 8 th January. The day began with receptions and a salute of 101 guns, the
foreign representatives and consuls and their staffs in uniform being received by
the Governor at 11 a.m. Simultaneously, the Emir Eeisal was holding a reception of
notables in Mecca.
3. In the afternoon the Emir Feisal arrived from Mecca for a review of the
local troops outside the town at Kandara. These consisted of a company of infantry
of the Jedda garrison in their semi-European uniform, who presented a rather sorry
spectacle compared with a few wild horsemen and a picturesque contingent of about
200 men on gaily caparisoned camels who followed. The artillery was represente
by the four saluting guns, which were drawn by mules commandeered from the
market place for the purpose. The review was preceded by tea at the palace at
Kandara, to which some 300 guests had been invited. . , ,
4. In the evening an official banquet was held at Kandara at which abou
150 guests were present, including the foreign representatives and a number ol
representatives of the leading Egyptian newspapers, who had been invited by the
Heiaz Government to attend the celebrations. The banquet was the occasion ±oi a
number of complimentary speeches extolling the virtues of the King and the progress
made under his reign. There had, I am told been a ^p dispute between the
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Governor of Jedda 88 t°
deliver the Government’s address. The matter had been referred to the Emu who
had decided as a compromise that Sheikh Fuad’s speech should be read by a citizen
of ’V^Veikh Fuad’s speech was in the main also a eulogy of the King and his
works'. He enumerated the objects which the King had set .yt^ieve since his
accession and commented on the results obtained. I enclose a resume ot his speecn
accession and comme lunch h , ad been organised by the Municipality of
Mecca at W.i, fbc? .5 cite M. Mecca
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again invited. although the super-abundance of food was
arrangements for lunch were exw , trenc | erman , an d the guests, m spite of
calculated to daunt all but tIle . country, managed to make very
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the Emir. t om told on an unprecedented scale for
Arabia, K "*
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their praises. . , , T a definite departure from the rigid
9 The celebrations marked, I think a oenn V ■ photographs
precepts which the Akhw ( 5 n -Ythotographer hfd, in Tact, come from Egypt and
photographed'fhe^tmir on every^ossille"occasion. Smoking was indulged m openly
* Not printed.
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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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