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'Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and Adjacent Territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913' [18v] (45/98)
The record is made up of 1 volume (45 folios). It was created in 1913-1914. 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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iff c
26
(14.)
^ . General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian
Gulf, 1820.
(Translation.)
In the name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate !
Praise be to God, who hath ordained peace to be a blessing to
his creatures. There is established a lasting peace between the
British Government and the Arab tribes, who are parties to this
contract, on the following conditions :—
Article 1.
There shall be a cessation of plunder and piracy by land and
sea on the part of the Arabs, who are parties to this contract, for
ever.
Article 2.
If any individual of the people of the Arabs contracting shall
attack any that pass by land or sea of any nation whatsoever, in
the way of plunder and piracy and not of acknowledged war, he
shall be accounted an enemy of all mankind and shall be held to
have forfeited both life and goods.
And acknowledged war is
that which is proclaimed, avowed, and ordered by Government
against Government; and the killing of men and taking of goods
Avithout proclamation, avowal, and the order of a Government is
plunder and piracy.
Article 3.
The friendly (literally "the pacificated") Arabs shall carry by
land and sea a red flag, with or without letters in it, at their
option, and this shall be in a border of white, the breadth of the
white in the border being equal to the breadth of the red, as
represented in the margin* (the whole forming the flag known in
the British navy by the title of white-pierced red), this shall be
the flag of the friendly Arabs, and they shall use it and no other.
Article 4.
The pacificated tribes shall all of them continue in their former
relations, with the exception that they shall be at peace with the
British Government, and shall not fight with each other, and the
flag shall be a symbol of this only and of nothing further.
Article 5.
The vessels of the friendly Arabs shall all of them have in their
possession a paper (register) signed with the signature of their
chief, in which shall be the name of the vessel, its length, its
breadth, and how many karahs it holds. And they shall also have
in their possession another writing (port clearance) signed with
the signature of their chief, in which shall be the name of the
* Not reproduced.
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The volume contains the following two documents: Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and adjacent territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913 and Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Boundaries of Aden and of Ottoman Territory in Southern Arabia, (With Maps), Signed at London, March 9 1914, (Ratifications exchanged at London, June 3 1914) .
The articles of the conventions appear in both French and English in parallel columns.
The Arabic content of the volume consists of bilingual English and Arabic place names and in the keys to references, and symbols and abbreviations in the maps on folios 37-40.
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- 1 volume (45 folios)
- Arrangement
There are tables of contents toward the front of both documents, on folio 2 and folio 25.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1A on the front cover and terminates at 47 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: ff. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D. The following pagination ranges occur: ff. 5-6; ff. 35-36. The following folio number is not used: 44. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 7, 8, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41.
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- Title
- 'Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and Adjacent Territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1dv, 2r:5r, 6, 9r:34v, 35:36, 42r:43v, 45r:46v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence