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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [‎35r] (63/306)

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The record is made up of 1 item (152 folios). It was created in 11 Jan 1926-12 Jan 1928. 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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I am directed by mr.Secretary Ameiy to refer
to the letter from this Department of the 18th of March
numbered as abore enclosing & copy of a telegram from
the Resident at Bushire in regard to the title of Ibn
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2. It will be recalled that in the course of tho
negotiations for a revision of the Treaty between His
Majesty* s Government and Ibn Saud, towards the end of
last year, Ibn Saud proposed that he should be styled
•King of the Hedjaz and Hejd and their Dependencies".
At the Inter-departmental Conference held on the 4th
of February, 1927, copies of the minutes of which were
enclosed with Colonial Office letter Mo.49008/27 of the
17th of February, it was recommended t at, unless and
until Ibn Saud had declared himself to be Kiig of *sj<3
and
THE UHIfiSR ^CF^TAPY OF STATU,
FOPUIGM OFFICU.

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The papers cover the election of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as king in 1926, his assumption of the title of King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies, his de jure recognition by HM Government and others, the delay on the part of the Egyptian Government in recognising Ibn Saud's position as king, the British attitude towards the Nejd-Hedjaz conflict, salutes to the Hedjaz flag, and the breakdown of negotiations for the recognition of Ibn Saud by the Italian Government. The papers also cover Ibn Saud's proposal to send a delegate to the International Sanitary Conference in 1926, and to become signatory of the International Sanitary Convention.

The principal correspondents are the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.

There are newspapers cuttings from Forward and The Times ;and a letter in French, from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [‎35r] (63/306), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1165/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079351204.0x00004b> [accessed 23 July 2026]

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