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File 87/1926 Pt 1 'Arabia: Bin Saud; Title; Recognition as King of the Hedjaz' [100r] (193/306)
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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[*his Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and should be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
Decode. Acting British Consul.(Jeddah)
14th February, 192e>.
D. 5.00.p.m. 14th February, 1925
R. 1.40.p.m. 15th February, 1926
No. 22. (R)
With reference to my telegram No. 21
Ibn Sand now agrees as follows:-
(1) Pilgrim ships arriving at Jeddah presenting,
clean bill of health from any-recognised.-quarantine
station will be allowed to disembark pilgrims
immediately after medical examination.
(2) Should an outbreak of disease occur after
ship has left quarantine or in port of Jeddah the
ship shall return to nearest quarantine station for
disinfection unless representative of the power to
v/hich ship belongs accepts local quarantine.
(3) Any ship not calling at quarantine station
and which on inspection is found to be infected
will be quarantined locally.
(4) The sum of 70 Egyptian piastres will be
charged to each pilgrim arriving at Jeddah. This
fee covers all charges, quarantine, passport etc.,
both on arrival end departure, but is excluded from
customs duties.
Clause (5) refers to ships carrying less than
one
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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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