'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt'

Content

The volume mostly consists of correspondence concerning the relations between Britain and Ibn Sa'ud, with a specific focus on the negotiation and signing of the Treaty of Jeddah. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah and the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London. Copies were often sent to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, and the High Commissioners in Baghdad and Jerusalem.

The volume follows the evolution of the Treaty:

• Britain's initial reluctance, due to their official friendship with King Hussein, to engage with the issue prior to Ibn Sa'ud's conquest of the Hejaz;
• how this event then gave cause for the Bahra and Hadda agreements of November 1925;
• the negotiations between Ibn Sa'ud and Gilbert Clayton in early 1927 leading to the signing of the Treaty of Jeddah on 20 May that year and its ratification in August.

At the end of the volume (folios192-196) is Clayton's final report on his mission to the Hejaz and includes a copy of the Treaty.

Extent and format

1 volume (200 folios)

Arrangement

The volume is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and written in the top right corner of each folio. There are the following irregularities: ff 1A-1C; f 185A; ff 78-84 are those of a booklet, stored in an envelope (f 77A). There is a second sequence that is also written in pencil but is not circled and is inconsistent.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/574

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 61/12 and 61/16 Confidential Series: D 80

History of this record

Date(s)

19 Apr 1923-10 Mar 1930 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Hejaz

People & organisations

British Legation to Saudi ArabiaHigh Commissioner, Palestine and TransjordanColonial OfficeHigh Commissioner, IraqḤusayn bin 'Alī al-Hāshimī, King of HejazSir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton, Knight

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