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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎398r] (483/840)

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The record is made up of 1 item (421 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1925-14 Dec 1926. It was written in English. 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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Correspondence relating to the Hadda Agreement.
Ms Highness ‘Abdu’WAziz ibn f Abdu'r-Rahman al-Faisal A] Sa'ud,
Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, to Sir Gilbert Clayton,
etc., His Britannic Majesty’s Commissioner and
Plenipotentiary.
Translation.
Bahra,
14th Rabi‘ Thani 1344
(1st November, 1925).
Your Excellency,
In the Agreement relating to Trans-Jordan and Nejd provision is
made for an undertaking on our part not to fortify Kaf or to make
it a military centre. In one of our conversations, I asked \our
Excellency to elucidate the meaning of “ fortifications,” and you
explained that the construction of a wall round the villages concerned,
according to the custom prevailing in the desert for the prevention
of thefts and raids, as well as the construction of a military barracks
for the housing of Public Security troops and the placing of a gun
or a few machine-guns according to the requirements of pu ic
security, would not be considered as being fortifications of the kind
which we undertook to abstain from erecting; but that such works
would be considered as necessary for the preservation of order. ie
object of the present letter is to obtain clear confirmation ot that from
Your Excellency so that we should be perfectly explicit about our
undertakings and leave no room for such misconstructions as might
arise from the intrigues of mischief-makers. Respe< ts.
‘Abdu’l-'Aziz ibn ‘Abdu’r-Rahman ibn Sa'ud.
Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.B.E., etc., His Britannic Majesty’s Commis
sioner and Plenipotentiary, to His Highness Ab u tiz
'Abdu’r-Rahman al-Faisal Al Sa'ud, Sultan of Neji an t
Dependencies.
Bahra Camp,
2nd November, 1925.
Your Highness,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of \our letter ° *
14th Rabi‘ Thani 1344 (1st November, 1925) relating to the in
pretation of Article 2 of the Hadda Agreement.

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The papers cover the recognition of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies by foreign countries, and also contain:

The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 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, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.

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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎398r] (483/840), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1165/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079351209.0x000001> [accessed 13 June 2026]

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