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Coll 6/21(2) 'Saudi Arabia: Relations with H.M.G.: Saudi Legation in London and British Minister in Jeddah. Prolongation of Treaty of Jedda.' [294r] (587/761)
The record is made up of 1 file (379 folios). It was created in 14 Jan 1935-12 Apr 1947. It was written in English 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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instance that the grounds for complaint still exist it shall compel the owner or
possessor to divest himself of the ownership or possession of the complainant
either by sale or otherwise. If the owner or possessor fails to bring the
complainant before the competent authority within the period fixed by it, he shall
be subject in the first instance to a fine not exceeding £1, and if the contravention
•“■"\s repeated a fine double that amount shall be imposed and he may be sentenced
to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one week.
Art. 4. Any slave who can prove that he was born free and that he was
enslaved in a manner contravening the law during the period which has elapsed
since the foundation of His Majesty’s Government in the year 1344 shall have
the right to petition for his release from slavery, and it is the duty of the
competent authority to consent to examine the case and to give an equitable
decision concerning it.
Art. 5. The owner or possessor shall not separate any two slaves who have
been duly bound by marriage, and he shall not separate husband and wife by sale
or in any other way, unless he has reserved to himself the right to do this at the
time when the marriage contract was effected.
Art. 6. The owner or possessor shall not separate children from their
mother so long as they are minors.
Art. 7. The slave shall have the right to apply to his owner or possessor for
“ Mukataba ” (i.e., an agreement enabling the slave to purchase his freedom),
and it shall be the duty of the owner or possessor to accede to this demand, and
in the event of any dispute arising between owner or possessor and slave as to
the amount of the sum to be paid that sum shall be assessed by the competent
authorities, and they shall appoint dates for its discharge. The exercise of the
“ Muktaba ” shall not be held to set aside the application of the provisions of
article 3 above.
Art. 8. Any slave who was born outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
shall have the right to choose the place where he shall reside when he has been
freed in accordance with the provisions of this regulation or in accordance with
any other form recognised by the law.
Art. 9. All slaves must be enrolled in a special register to be kept by the
competent authorities, and every slave shall be given a certificate of identity
containing his description and in the case of males his photograph and
certificates of identity shall be in triplicate, one to be kept by the competent
authorities, and one by the owner or master, and one by the slave. There shall
be listed on the certificate of identity all the transactions relating to the slave,
and the owners or masters of the slave shall be required to complete the
transactions of the registration within one year from the date of the promulgation
of this regulation.
Art. 10. Any slave who has not been registered by his owner in the manner
set forth in the preceding article shall have the right to present himself before
the competent authority and to demand to be given a certificate of his freedom.
Art. 11. When slaves are passed from the possession of one person to
another they must be presented before one of the doctors of the Department of
Public Health in order to obtain a certificate of being in a healthy condition.
(Part 3.)
Art. 12. It is not permitted to be engaged in traffic in slaves as an agent or
a
broker
Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation.
except in accordance with an official licence granted by the competent
authority.
Art. 13. A special official shall be appointed to deal with matters relating
to slaves and to be called Inspector of Slave Affairs, and he shall have, in case of
necessity, a travelling assistant.
Art. 14. The local competent authorities shall be required to present a
six-monthly report on the administration of this regulation, containing a summary
of the transactions which have been concluded, and the six-monthly reports shall
be forwarded, together with the observations of the Supervisor of Slave Affairs, to
the Minister of the Interior within two months from the end of the six-monthly
period reported on.
Art. 15. The competent authorities referred to in this regulation are the
Ministry of the Interior in the capital and the Imarates in the dependencies, and
when cases are under consideration in accordance with the provisions of this
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This file, like the previous volume (IOR/L/PS/12/2087), concerns relations between the British Government and the Government of Saudi Arabia.
The file largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence, mainly between His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, Sir Reader William Bullard, Hugh Stonehewer Bird, and Stanley R Jordan successively) and officials of the Foreign Office. Other prominent correspondents include the following: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert, succeeded by Alan Charles Trott); His Majesty's Ambassador in Baghdad (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis); Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]; Amir Faisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Minister of Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia; officials of the Colonial Office and the War Office.
The correspondence documents the progression of negotiations for a general settlement between the two governments, which would result in the initial prolongation of the validity of the Treaty of Jedda (the treaty signed between Britain and Ibn Saud in 1927, which initially expired in September 1934) for a period of seven years from 1936 (and for another seven years from 1943).
In addition to discussing matters relating to the proposed general settlement (e.g. the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, slavery regulations, arms traffic, and Saudi debts), the correspondence also documents various visits and meetings, including the following:
- The visit of Amir Saud [Āl Sa‘ūd, Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, heir apparent of Ibn Saud] to Britain (17 June-1 July 1935), accompanied by Fuad Bey Hamza, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs for Saudi Arabia.
- Further meetings at the Foreign Office between Fuad Bey Hamza, Hafiz Wahba (Saudi Minister in London), Sir Andrew Ryan, George William Rendel (Head of the Foreign Office's Eastern Department), and other Foreign Office officials, in July 1935, following on from meetings in September 1934.
- Sir Andrew Ryan's meetings with Ibn Saud in Riyadh in December 1935 and in Jedda in February 1936.
- Four interviews held between Ibn Saud, Sir Reader William Bullard and George William Rendel, in Jedda, during March 1937.
Also discussed are matters relating to the Second World War, including:
- An exchange of letters between Ibn Saud and the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, in early 1939, which principally relate to Ibn Saud's concerns regarding his country's security in the event of the beginning of general hostilities.
- German radio broadcasts in Jedda during the first few weeks of the Second World War and their possible effect on the Jedda population.
- The possibility of Iraq and Saudi Arabia formally joining the Allies in the Second World War.
In addition to correspondence the file includes the following: a copy of a programme for Amir Saud's visit to Britain (ff 339-348); exchanges of notes (in English and Arabic) between the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British Legation at Jedda, confirming the prolongation of the Treaty of Jedda, dated 1936 and 1943 respectively (ff 189-192 and ff 4-5); a sketch map showing air routes over Saudi Arabia and Iraq (f 31v).
Although the material in this file falls inside the date range of 1935-1943, the final document in the file does include an additional date stamp which is marked '12 April 1947'.
The file includes two dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (379 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 380; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2088
- Title
- Coll 6/21(2) 'Saudi Arabia: Relations with H.M.G.: Saudi Legation in London and British Minister in Jeddah. Prolongation of Treaty of Jedda.'
- Pages
- 174r, 276r, 293v:294v, 314v:315v
- Author
- Government of Saudi Arabia
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