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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [91r] (175/306)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
Decypher, Acting British Consul, (JedcirBi)
February 24th 1926o
D. 5,0 p*m. Fehraary 24th 19 26,
R, 9.0 a.m. February 25th 19 26.
No.23.
My telegram No,19.
In view ot approaching arrival of. H.M.-S."Emerald”
may I he informed if I should inform Ibn Saud of full
recognition by His Majesty^ Government.
I understand that he is new expressing anxiety
on this account.
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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'
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- 4r:27v, 28v:73v, 75r:126v, 127v:156v
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