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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [401r] (489/840)
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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1 bee that you will examine these questions carefully. After con
siderable experience, I see no effective way of circumventing the
trouble other than that Nejd and ‘Iraq should both admit the prin
ciple of the surrender of criminals, and that criminals having per
petrated a crime in their country should be prevented from seeking
refuge into the other country. Measures based on any other principle
would not, in my opinion, shut the door on the dissensions of which
all complain ; and I ask that this statement of mine should be
^ut on record so that it may be referred to in the future, and so as to
set my conscience at rest in case such incidents, of the kind which we
deplore and would prevent with all our efforts, were to recur.
Usual respects.
(Sealed) ‘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 ‘Abdu’l-Aziz ibn
'Abdu’r-Rahman al-Faisal Al Sa'ud, Sultan of Nejd and its
Dependencies.
Bahra Camp,
20th October, 1925.
Your Highness,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of Your Highness’ com
munication of 1st Rabi‘ Thani (19th October, 1925), and I note that
Your Highness is of opinion that no agreement is likely to establish
security on the frontier and put a stop to raiding which is not based
on the principle that either Government at the request of the other
Government should return, if necessary by force, any tribes or
portions of tribes which may cross over into its territory.
2. As I have repeatedly informed Your Highness in our conversa
tions, the ‘Iraq Government is unable to subscribe to this principle,
which it deems contrary to Arab traditions and impracticable of
execution. I have also informed Your Highness that His Majesty s
Government, after careful consideration of the facts and of the views
put forward by Your Highness and on your behalf in the past, have
reached the same conclusion. That being so, I regret that I am
unable to adopt the principle which you recommend.
3. On the other hand, I would point out to Your Highness that
the draft Agreement which I presented to you recently goes ui
towards meeting your own views in the matter, and that in drafting
it I have endeavoured as far as possible to reconcile conflicting
opinions. It is based on what, in the view of His Majesty’s Govern
ment, is just and fair to ‘Iraq and Nejd and to the tribes com erne ,
and I feel sure that, provided it is loyally carried out, peace am
stability on the border ought to prevail, and that any disputes
arising from the aggressions of tribes, even in such comp icatcc
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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:
- Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, KBE, CB, CMG, on his Mission to negotiate certain Agreements with the Sultan of Nejd, and Instruction issued to him in regard to his Mission , 1926 (ff 516-560)
- Negotiations for revision of the 1916 Treaty with Ibn Saud
- A conference held at the Colonial Office to discuss HM Government's relations with Ibn Saud, 1926
- Relations between Ibn Saud and Persia
- Agreement with the Sultan of Nejd regarding certain questions relating to the Nejd-Trans-Jordan and Nejd-Iraq frontiers , 1925 (ff 395-402)
- The Hejaz- Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan border.
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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