Coll 6/40 'Hejaz-Nejd. Changes in Government Appointments.'

Title:

Coll 6/40 'Hejaz-Nejd. Changes in Government Appointments.'

Contributor:

British Agent and Consul General, Jeddah (correspondent)
HM Chargé d'Affaires to Jeddah (correspondent)
HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (correspondent)
Political Resident, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
District Magistrate, Bahrain (correspondent)
Foreign Office (correspondent)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (correspondent)
Saudi Arabia, Minister for Foreign Affairs (correspondent)

Date:

1928/1935

Description:

This file, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, discusses details of appointments in the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). Also included are profiles of prominent figures in the Hejazi and Nejdi kingdom. Related matters of discussion include the following:Harry St John Bridger Philby's presence in Jedda.Fuad Bey Hamza's role as Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Hejaz and Nejd.The appointment of Amir Faisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd] as Hejazi Minister for Foreign Affairs.The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf's frustration at the Foreign Office's refusal to provide a copy of a publication entitled 'Personalities in Saudi Arabia', on the grounds that such reports should not be distributed to officers who do not serve directly under the Foreign Office.The death of Abdulla bin Jiluwi [‘Abdullāh bin Jilūwī Āl Sa‘ūd], former Governor of Hassa [Hasa].The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Agent and Consul at Jedda (Hugh Stonehewer Bird, succeeded by William Linskill Bond); His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (William Linskill Bond, succeeded by Cecil Gervase Hope Gill); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the Political Agent, Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch); officials of the India Office and Foreign Office; correspondents from the Hejazi/Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Amir Faisal in his new role as Minister for Foreign Affairs.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).1 file (73 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 74; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-73; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Government

Geographic region:

Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz
Saudi Arabia

Extent:

1 file (73 folios)

Rights:

Unknown
Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000285_ar
81055/vdc_100000000555.0x000285_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2107

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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