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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [406r] (499/840)
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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Article 19.
No clause contained in this treaty shall override any obligations which may have
"incurred, or may in the future be incurred, by either of the high contracting
f 1 ' 1 under the Covenant of the League of Nations, or under any convention which
parties^ a( j o p tec j by the League of Nations and entered into by either of the two
parties.
Article 20.
The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at
I don as soon as possible. It shall come into force immediately upon ratification, and
iTu be binding during seven years from the date of its Cuming into force. In case
8 Ther of the "high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other six months
before the expiration of the said period of seven years of his intention to terminate the
t v it shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on which
either of the high contracting parties shall have given such notice.
The present treaty has been drawn up in English and Arabic. One copy of each
text will remain deposited in the archives of the Government of His Hashimite
Majesty, and one copy of each text in those of the Government of His Britannic
Majesty.
In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty
and have affixed their seals thereto.
Done in duplicate at London, the > corresponding
. i.u e , of the Mahommedan era.
Enclosure 2 in No. 25.
Sir W. Tyrrell to Dr. Naji-el-Assil.
g- r Foreign Office, April 16, 1923.
IN transmitting to you herewith the English and Arabic texts of the treaty
between His Britannic Majesty and His Hashimite Majesty,* initialled by the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, I am directed by the Secretary of State to inform you that,
in order to meet your desire to return at once to Mecca to submit the result of the
negotiations to His Majesty King Hussein, he has initialled the Arabic text on the
understanding that it shall be subject to a final scrutiny by an impartial English expert
in Arabic. Should this expert advise the Secretary of State that in any impoitant
respect the English text has not been sufficiently closely translated, an amended version
will be submitted for your consideration by telegraph through the acting British agent
at Jeddah.
I am, &c.
W. TYRRELL.
Enclosure 3 in No. 25.
Dr. Naji-el-Assil to Foreign Office.
Sir, Hyde Park Hotel, London, Aprd 16, 1923.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 16th April
regarding a final scrutiny of the Arabic text of the treaty between His Haslnmite
Majesty and His Britannic Majesty, the contents of which I have carefully noted.
I am, &c.
NAJI-EL-ASSIL.
* See Enclosure 1.
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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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