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File 488/1920 Pt 3 ‘Hedjaz:- Relations between H.M. Govt & King Hussein. Question of subsidy. Negotiations for conclusion of a treaty.’ [346r] (696/940)
The record is made up of 1 volume (466 folios). It was created in 25 May 1921-25 Aug 1925. It was written in English, French and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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In issues of importance between the Hejaz and neighbouring States His Majesty
King Hussein may invoke the arbitration of His Britannic Majesty as provided in
Article 4.
Article 8.
Each High Contracting Party agrees and promises to receive and recoonise the
Agent of the other. ~ His Majesty King Hussein may appoint a Hash imite Agent in
London, and His Britannic Majesty may appoint a British Agent to reside at Jeddah
or other seaport town of the Hejaz. «
His Majesty King Hussein shall also he entitled, if he so desires, to appoint a
Consular Agent in Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia and India, and His Britannic
Majesty shall be entitled to appoint a Consular Agent at Jeddah and such additional
seaports of the Hejaz us the 11 igh British Government may from time to time deem
expedient.
These Agents and Consular Agents shall enjoy the usual diplomatic and consular
privileges.
Article 9.
His Majesty King Hussein hereby recognises the provisional quarantine arrange
ments. set up by the High British Government in Kamaran to fulfil the medical
provisions of the International Sanitary Convention of 1912 or of any other sanitary
convention which is binding upon the said Government.
On their part the High British Government agree to recognise such compl/tnentary J
measures as v in conformity with the medical provisions of the said convention or ^
conventions, are to he taken at Jeddah and other ports of the Hejaz in accordance with
regulations to be published by His Majesty King Hussein.
Article 10.
Subject to the provisions of Article 12, the High British Government undertake
not to interfere in any way with the measures adopted by His Majesty King Hussein
W1 O ^TT.^ eiri ^ or ^ s ^6 Hejaz for the care and comfort of pilgrims.
On His part His Majesty King Hussein undertakes to place no obstacle in the way
o any efforts made by Moslem British subjects or persons or institutions enjoying the
pro ection of His Britannic Majesty to contribute towards the welfare, health and food-
supply of pilgrims in the Hejaz.
Article 11.
i The High Contracting Parties agree to fix a definite sum per pilgrim by way of
ues and to publish the amount thereof by the first day of the 1st Jamada in each
cost f r r nitaiT sei vdces respectively performed by them. These dues shall cover the
•shill'h • e 1 t0ta ^ ® an dary services up to the time of the landing of the pilgrims, and
a o included in the price of the tickets issued by the various shipping companies.
Article 12.
8u iy British Government agree to recognise the Hashimite status of all
His R d-° . Majesty King Hussein who may at any time be within the territories of
tuand^ aniUC Ma j est y> or within British protected territory or territory under a British
Maie t e, K'^ Kn ® uc b 1 Hashimite subjects are possessed of papers issued by His
J O’' ^■ uss ^ n showing the Hashimite status of the bearer.
a il BrV K 18 f art Majesty King Hussein agrees to recognise the. British status, of
uf HJ 1 ' n • 811 ) j? cts or persons .■ hoi* Moo Id m in* othci , ^r l >we ,,, ‘enjoying the protection
P r ovi(| S t ri ^ a ^ lllc Majesty who may at any time be within the territory of the Hejaz,
Consul i S ’ 1 Th'itish subjects or British protected persons are registered at a British
B r ij.-i a e j 1 . 1 t 'he Hejaz. The provisions of this Article are not, however, to apply to
Coven SU 01 persons enjoying the protection of His Britannic Majesty s
His wdo . are habitually resident outside Jeddah and other seaports at which
1 aiimc Majesty may appoint Consular Agents. *
Article 13.
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The volume contains papers concerning relations between the British Government and the King of Hedjaz [Hejaz or Al-Hijaz].
Most of the papers relate to negotiations between the British Government and King Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi over the terms of an Anglo-Hashimite treaty, and revisions to the draft treaty. These papers mainly consist of correspondence and copies of draft versions of the treaty.
The file also includes correspondence regarding:
- The proposed subsidy to the King of the Hedjaz
- The Foreign Office’s objection to the India Office’s suggestion that King Hussein should be persuaded to publicly recognise the religious suzerainty of the Sultan of Turkey as Khalif (Khaliph) over the Holy Places of the Hedjaz
- King Hussein’s threat to abdicate on 27 February 1922, and the question of whether he should be allowed by the British Government to remain in Mecca in the event of his abdication
- The Foreign Office’s request for the views of the Secretary of State for India (Viscount Peel) on the advisability of requiring King Hussein to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, as well as to accept the treaty with HM Government, as conditions which would need to be met before Hussein would be invited to visit Great Britain
- The refusal of the British Government to enter into further negotiations with King Ali ibn Hussein al-Hashimi for the conclusion of the Anglo-Hashimite treaty, following King Hussein’s abdication in October 1924 (after military defeat by Ibn Saud), ‘so long as present unsettled conditions in the Hejaz continue’.
The correspondence (and copy correspondence) is mainly between the following: 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 (John Evelyn Shuckburgh, John Ernest William Flood), and the Foreign Office; 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. and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence; the Foreign Office and HM Agent and Consul at Jeddah (Major W E Marshall, Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith, and Reader (William) Bullard, successively); the Foreign Office and Dr Naji el Assil, agent of King Hussein; the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the British Resident at Aden; and the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the High Commissioner of Palestine (Herbert Louis Samuel).
The volume includes a document entitled ‘Translation of a Report sent to His Majesty King Hussein 1st to Mecca’, signed Habib Lotfallah, Envoy Extraordinary of King Hussein, London, 24 October 1920, which includes translations in French and Arabic (folios 101 to 102).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (466 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 488 (Pt 1-2 Arabia, and Pt 3 Hedjaz) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/880 and IOR/L/PS/10/881. The volumes are divided into three parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 468; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- Title
- File 488/1920 Pt 3 ‘Hedjaz:- Relations between H.M. Govt & King Hussein. Question of subsidy. Negotiations for conclusion of a treaty.’
- Pages
- 19r:23v, 29r:30v, 83r:84v, 125r:126v, 141r:149v, 150r:151v, 214r:215v, 242r:243v, 282r:292v, 345r:347v, 384r:395v, 400r:401v, 445r:446v
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