File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎359r] (405/840)

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the direction of the Hejaz does not
appear to Lord Birkenhead to warrant
any assumption by that potentate
that his relations with his
immediate neighbours, or^with the
British G-overnmentj in the direction
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; have undergone
any substantial alteration; and on
further consideration of the question^
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His Lordship -te - mi' suf flui^o
lliMiIih i i rnr 1 n 1 i "Tin n tnat the Sul oan
of Nejd woulc^reject from the revised
treaty an article reproducing on
general lines Article VI. of the
Treaty of 26th December 1915. At
any rate His Lordship would recommend
that an attempt should be made to
induce Ibn Saud to agree to the
inclusion of such an article. It is
suggested tnat the article should
repeat the phrase M as his fathers
did before him”, (a reference,
clearly, to the undertaking of
1866 by the Wahabi as Ibn Saud
appears to pride himself on the length
and continuity of 'the frienaly
relations of Nejd with the Bri^sh
Government, and should include
mention of the territories of the
Sultanate of Huscat, but that the
last words "and the limits of their
territories shall be hereafter
determined