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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [420r] (527/840)
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Minutes of a Conference held at the Colonial Office on
the 20th of May to discuss matters arising out of Sir
Gilbert Clayton’s Mission to Ibn Saud.
Present:-
Sir J. Shuckburgh
Mr, A.J. Harding
Mr, G,LJ£, Clauson
Mr. J.H.Hall
Sir. G. Clayton
Mr. L. Oliphant
Mr. V.A.L. Mallet
Mr. L.D.Wakely
Colonial
Office
Foreigi Office
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.
Air Ministry.
Group Captain C .S. Burnett
1. Before proceeding to discuss the first point
on the agenda (copy attached), the question of who should
be entrusted by His Majesty’s Government with the conduct of
the proposed negotiations for a revised treaty with Ibn
Saud was raised. Sir J. Shuckburgh said that for his part
he would be perfectly content to leave this to Mr • Jordan, the
British Consul and Agent at Jeddah, who was the man on the
spot, and, moreover, appeared to be persona gyatfir with Ibn
Saud. Mr. Oliphant explained that Mr. Jordan would not be
remaining at Jeddah much longer. His posting to Jeddah
had been purely temporary, and he had already overstayed the
original term of his appointment. It would not oe safe - ere
fore,to count upon his being available to conduct the
negotiations. It was decided to recommend that if Mr.
Jordan were available he should be entrusted with tne
negotiations, but if before the negotiations opened hr.
Jordan had left Jeddah, the question whether the negotiations
should be undertaken by his successor or whether someone from
this
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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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