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personal allowance paid in arrearp and ^iven in return for certain definite undertakings,
such as to keep open the pilgrimage routes, to preserve the integrity of the boundaries
decided on by British arbitration, to refrain from hostile action against his neighbours
and to exclude foreign influence.
Unless we are prepared to go as far as this, it is useless for us to demand
recognition of our position in Arabia; and until the general principle is accepted it is
impossible to formulate a detailed policy to meet individual cases.
H. W. Y.
Appendix (A).
PROPOSALS OF BRITISH DELEGATION FOR DRAFT TREATY DEALING
WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA.
Preamble.
Article 1.
1 HE High Contracting Prirties recognise the independence from external domination
of the Peninsula of Arabia, as defined in article 2, and declare that they seek no territorial
aggrandisement for themselves in the said peninsula.
Article 2.
For the purpose of this treaty the Arabian Peninsula includes (1) all territories
other than those of the Kingdom of the Hedjaz and the British Protectorate over Aden
and its surrounding territorial zone; and (2) the islands, whether previously Turkish or
not, which lie within the line wiiich is defined hereafter.
This line extends from—
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(a.) I he boundary line between Arabia and Egypt at the head of the Gulf of
Akaba, approximate latitude 29° 27' north, longitude 34° 56' east (British
Admiralty Chart No. 8 a ), to
(6.) The western extremity of the reef extending westwards from the island of
Ti ran ; then to
(c.) The south-west rocks off Great Hanish Islands, approximate latitude
13° 3ii' north, longitude 42° 35' east (British Admiralty Chart No. 2523),
thence through the extreme south-west point of Sheikh Malu off Cape
Bab-el-Mandeb, to
(d.) The 100-fathom contour line in the Gulf of Aden in approximate latitude
12° 29' north, longitude 43° 3G' east (British Admiralty Chart No. 2523);
thence along the 100-fathom contour line, as indicated on the British
Admiralty Chart No. 1012, round the south-east coast of Arabia, to
(e.) Latitude 2J 0 30' north, longitude 59° 55' east (British Admiralty Chart
No. 1012), oil Rass-el-IIad ; thence to
(/.) Latitude 26^ 31' north, longitude 56° 33' east, in the entrance to the Persian
Gulf ( British Admiralty Chart No. 2873 a ) ; then through the northernmost
points of the isLmds of Tanb, Nabiyu Tanb, Sirri and Halul, to
{g.) The point where the eastern extremity of the southern border of Iraq meets
the Persian border as fixed by the Treaty of Erzeroum.
The islands in the Red Sea lying within this line shall be placed under the
sovereignty of the independent chiefs of the mainland, subject, however, to the
provisions of article 8.
Article 3.
In view of the proximity of the Arabian Peninsula to portions of the British
Empire and to the maritime oo nmunications with India, the other High Contracting
Parlies recognise that Great Britain has special political interests in the said peninsula
exclusive of the Kingdom of the Hedjaz, and declare that they seek no political
influence in those territories.