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File 3665/1924 Pt 2 ‘Arabia:- situation 1924. H.M.Govt’s policy of complete neutrality regarding the future of the Holy Cities. Question of the recruitment of troops in the Aden Protectorate on behalf of the Emir Ali.’ [25r] (43/117)
The record is made up of 1 item (57 folios). It was created in 15 Oct 1924-26 May 1925. 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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COJI
C 1068 / 10 / 91 .
Sir,
X am directed by Mr« Secretary Chamberl&in to
trsnemit to you, to be laid before Mr# Secretary ‘^mery,
the accompanying copy of & telegram from His Majesty's
Agent and Consul at Jeddah, reporting a rumour that the
Hejaz Oovornment have enlisted several hundred recruits
in the neighbourhood of Aden*
2# The Secretary of State is of opinion that it
would be highly undesirable that these men should be
allowed to sail from the ports of Aden or Mokallah as m
organized unit; and I am to suggest, for Mr# Aaery's
consideration, that early instructions should be sent by
telegram 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.
at Aden to prevent
such an occurrence#
3* A copy of this letter is being sent to 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.
#
I am#
3ir t
Your obedient servant,
<>;i£ned) LANCELOT OLIPHA1MT
The Under-Secret ary of State,
Colonial Office
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Correspondence concerning the British Government’s policy of neutrality in response to the invasion of the Hejaz by Wahabi [Wahhabi] troops under the rule of the Sultan of Najd, Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The correspondence covers: responses to the invasion by the Muslim League of Bombay [Mumbai], the Khalifat Committee and its leader, Maulana Shaukat Ali, and the President of the Supreme Religious Court in Egypt; the question of the fate of Islam’s holy cities; reports of attempts by the King of Hejaz, ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, to recruit troops in the Aden Protectorate; the British Government’s disapproval of King Ali’s attempts to recruit troops in a British territory; the enlistment of Palestinians, Trans Jordanians and Egyptians in to the Hejaz army.
The principal correspondents are: the Home Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the British Consul at Jeddah, Reader William Bullard.
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