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EASTERN (Arabia) .
CONFIDENTIAL.
[E 734/7/91] No. 1.
Vice-Consul Jordan to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—(Received February 2.)
[February 2, 1926 ]
Section 4.
(No. 3.)
Sir, Jeddah, January 12, 1926.
I HAVE the honour to confirm my telegram No. 6 of the 11 th instant, and to
forward herewith a translation of a letter received from Abdul Aziz, Sultan of Nejd,
proclaiming his election to the kingship of the Hejaz.
Also the translation of a proclamation published by him in the Mecca newspaper,
“ Umm-al-Kura,” on the morning of, but prior to, his election.
Copies of this despatch and of its enclosures are being sent to India, Cairo,
Jerusalem, Bagdad and Aden.
I have, &c.
S. R. JORDAN.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1 .
Translation of Letter from Abdid Aziz-bin-Abdul Rahman-al-Feisal-al-Saud, King of
the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd audits Dependencies, dated 24th Jamad-al-Thani, 1344
(January 9, 1926).
Royal Proclamation to Friendly Governments.
BY the grace and help of God the people of the Hejaz have recognised us as King
of the Hejaz, ruling according to the Book of God (Koran), Tradition of His Prophet,
and the path of 'the distinguished Caliphs who came after him, and to establish a
Constitutional Government in which the affairs of the Hejaz will be left to its own
people.
In asking for God’s help and succour, we have been pleased to accept that
recognition and have assumed to ourselves the title of “ King of the Hejaz and Sultan
of Nejd and its Dependencies.”
We shall restore peace, tranquillity and prosperity and try to bring happiness and
comfort to the inhabitants of this country, all pilgrims and visitors. We shall try our
best as regards the fulfilment of all the wishes of the Islamic world, and shall make
them pleased by the administration in this holy land.
We entreat the Almighty to help us in assuming the duties of that affair. God
alone trrants success.
O
Enclosure 2 in No. 1 .
Extract from Mecca Newspaper, “ Umm-al-Kura,” dated Z?>rd Jamad-al-Thani 1344
(January 8 , 1926).
(Translation.)
General Proclamation.
In the name of God the Most Merciful, the Compassionate.
PRAISE be to God. We thank God, pray and send salutations to His best
Prophet and the most honourable of His creatures, our master Mohammed. May
prayers and the peace of God be upon him, his relatives and friends.
It has become known to everybody, far and near, what El Hussein and his sons
have been doing with us until they obliged us to unsheathe our swords to defend our
souls and homes and to defend the sanctuaries of God and His forbidden things.
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