File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [489r] (665/840)
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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payment of a subsidy to Ibn Sand was out of the question,
and that this question should not be mentioned in any
eom.unication addressed to Ibn Sand.
(4) w,lv of Arms , kr. kaiiet pointed out that
Ibn Sand's request to Sir 0. Clayton for arms was made before
he had captured Medina and Jeddah, as a result of which
considerable stores of arms and aiamnition pas ed mto his
possession. It was agreed that, although it migjvt be
advisable in the future to allow him to purchase in Great
Britain arms for Governmental purposes, it would be
undesirable to volunteer to do so at present. It was
accordingly agreed that his request under this head should
bo igaored.
(5) ,)«•,resent itior in feffigl.gUft- Mr. 3 P rin « Rice 3iad
the Foreign Office proposed that British control over the
hejdi representative in Damascus should be allowed to go,
by degrees, but that at the same time, the Consul should
keep in personal t touch with him. It was agreed that Ibn
Baud iShould be informed that the attention of H.M.G. had
been called to the question and teat they had taken his
correspondence with Sir G.Clayton into consideration and
have no objection to his entering into direct correspondence
with the French authorities in Syria through his representa-
tive at Dsmsous •
(6) plants i^r > UPXi»aaA»- it. was agreed thqt
the Foreign Office should telegraph to the British Consul
at Jeddah asking him how far he was in a position to meet
Ibn Baud's request for an early estimate of the total
number of pilgrims likely to perform the pilgrimage this
year and whether he wished H.M.G. to take steps to obtain
furtner information to supplement that already in his
possession*
(7 ) ! n i1i imr^ ^ India - u Tas decideA
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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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