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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [68r] (129/306)
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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*itto rf»£*r«nee to th^ Jloto V^rbele from th« r.oyal
bini&try of iroroiga Affaire of the 10th ^pril lV£t f
roopoetla^ the qooetion of salutes to the getijus flag by
ehipo Tleltla^: the port of Jedttah, hie rfrltimolo Mejeety'e
j^ahaeay have received Instruct ionic’ to infora the loyal
;lnietry of the preeeat poeltion of this metier, la eo far
•e His .ultunnlc .o&jeety'e jOv«rn»nt ere oono’rssd*
The hritleh aoveraaeat decided on Pehraery £tth
1$£6, to reeogalee sultan Xbn dead as King of the Hedjas,
la addition to hie former title of “hult&a of Jiejd and
its depoadenelee^* ehlle that recognising Xbn ^nud'e
authority over the Hodjaz. Hie Britannic Majesty'*
aovernment continue to regard the rrf^iae of the rioly Place*
of Islam, and all reli^iou* queatione connected therewith,
a* matter* eolely concernin^ loeleme, re^erdin^ which
the Britiah aovernaent neither ou^ht nor de*ir* to exprese
an o inion*
i,» regard* the question of the salute, it iaay he
aaetioimi last His ‘isjssty'e tMp "torniriowfir" on ths
ooewsion of i Ti«it to J«dS h In Jt<aut.ry wns in; tracted to
fire * solute of twenty one gune, this salute being fired,
not In honour of the Hedjaz flag, hut at a personal honour
to Iha sand in hie capacity of sultan of U^jd wad it*
dependencies, in actual occupation of Jeddah* go*, however,
that Hie Britannic Majesty'* jovernm^nt h*;ve decided to
reco nice Ibn saud'e additionil title of £lng of the
Med j as
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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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