'File 61/11 IV (D 77) Hejaz-Nejd, Miscellaneous'

The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to Hejaz affairs. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London, and the Government of India. The majority of the volume concerns the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Hejaz-Najd and its Dependencies, especially the financial difficulties it was experiencing at the time and attempts to counter them. Other subjects covered are:. the prospect of the Kingdom joining the League of Nations; the appointment of a Minister in London; al-Qusaibi's proposed visit to London; the different uses of the title ''Sheikh''; American recognition of Ibn Sa'ud as King; the mineral prospecting of the American millionaire Mr C. R. Crane; American appraisal of the water situation in the region; the religious policing activities of the Committee of Virtue in the Hejaz; the arrest of two members of the royal family between Kuwait and Zubair; the territorial dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and Yemen; relations between Ibn Sa'ud and Italy; A notable document within the volume is a confidential report on the heads of all foreign missions in Jeddah (folios 163-164). At the back of the volume (folios 165-170) are office file notes.

The volume is arranged chronologically. There is a partial and non-alphabetical list of subjects at the front of the volume (folio 2). The list identifies some of the earlier subject correspondence in the volume and where it occurs, according to its original numbering, as folios 17 to 41a.

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