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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [433r] (553/840)
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| This Document is the Propafo Of His Britannic Majesty^ Government.
EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
[May 13, 1926.]
Section 1 .
| E 2980/155/91] No. I.
Vice-Consul Jordan to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—(Received May 13.)
(No. 46.)
Sir, Jeddah, Ayril 17, 1926.
I HAVE the honour to confirm my telegram No. 40 of the 10th instant, relative
to the representation of the Hejaz Government at the Sanitary Conference to be
held in Paris on the 10th May, and in continuation of my despatch No. 38 of the
7th instant, on the same subject, transmit herewith a precis of the report submitted
by
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
Ihsanullah upon his return from Mecca which covers the general
situation in Mecca at the present moment.
2. Copies of this despatch and of its enclosure are being sent to India, Egypt,
Bagdad, Palestine and Singapore.
I have, &c.
S. R. JORDAN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Precis of
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
Ihsamdlah's Report.
I REACHED Mecca on the evening of the 5th instant and immediately visited
Sheikh Hafiz Wahba and Abdullah-el-Dahlavi, two of His Majesty’s chief advisers.
Sheikh Hafiz was good enough to arrange for me to see His Majesty the following
morning.
I saw His Majesty the King on the morning of the 6th instant, and acting upon
instructions pointed out to His Majesty the false position raised by the refusal of
the Hejaz to participate in the Paris Conference after having signified the desire
to be represented thereat and which His Britannic Majesty's Government had been
able to arrange, thereby showing a further proof of the friendly relations existing
between the two countries. I also pointed out that His Britannic Majesty's
Government had no axe to grind in this respect, but were desirous only of seeing
the Hejaz represented in this conference as some of the questions there to be
discussed concerned them closely in relation to the comfort and well-being of the
pilgrims, as well as the health of the Hejaz generally.
His Majesty pointed out that there was a shortage of doctors in the Hejaz,
and that in view of the approaching pilgrimage he did not feel justified in sending
away one of his best men.
Eventually His Majesty agreed to reconsider his decision, and on the morning
of the 7th instant sent a telegram to the French consulate cancelling his previous
refusal and accepting the French Government’s invitation to the conference.
After my interview with His Majesty I made as many enquiries as possible
into the local state of affairs, which are taking on a new form, and I regret to
have to report that His Majesty the King is coming totally under the influence of
the religious fanatics and advisers brought up under the old regime.
Not only the Wahabis of Nejd but also a number of Indians who have embraced
the Wahabi faith are persuading Ibn Sand to forcibly convert all who visit Mecca
and to destroy tombs and all religious edifices, which they claim amount to idolatry.
I learned that it is intended to demolish the four Makams of the four Imams, as
well as the Makam Ibrahim, and also to demolish the minaret of the holy mosque.
Also that the custom of making Umra should be abolished and the mosque of the
Umra destroyed.
Needless to say, these rumours and the actions of the Wahabis of only allowing
their own ulama to conduct the prayers in the holy mosque, coupled with the forcible
manner in which smoking is forbidden, is breeding discontent amongst the people,
and many of the pilgrims go to the holy mosque but seldom, remaining in their
houses and conducting: their own pravers therein for the most part.
[1284 n—1]
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The papers cover the recognition of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies by foreign countries, and also contain:
- Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, KBE, CB, CMG, on his Mission to negotiate certain Agreements with the Sultan of Nejd, and Instruction issued to him in regard to his Mission , 1926 (ff 516-560)
- Negotiations for revision of the 1916 Treaty with Ibn Saud
- A conference held at the Colonial Office to discuss HM Government's relations with Ibn Saud, 1926
- Relations between Ibn Saud and Persia
- Agreement with the Sultan of Nejd regarding certain questions relating to the Nejd-Trans-Jordan and Nejd-Iraq frontiers , 1925 (ff 395-402)
- The Hejaz- Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan border.
The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 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. , the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.
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