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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [507r] (701/840)
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Minute Paper
50'l
Department.
345 a 5000 4.25
AGENDA FOR COLONIAL OFFICE CQftTffERE^CE.
1. Control of relationB with Ibn Saud ( a) as
Sultan of ?Te.1d (Tj J as Klnfc, of the He.jazT
This js presumahly a domestic question for the
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Colonial Office and Foreign Office to settle. I^n
Saud is ver^ anxious thau his independence should be
fully recognised by the conduct of all relations with
him by the Foreign Office.
2.
Revision of tne 1915 Treaty.
Sir G.Clayton’s letter of 16th December (enclosure
to P.21Q) deals with this question at length. He
there says that Ibn Saud emphasised three points as of
paramount importance to him:-
(1 ) recognition of independent status of ITejd;
(2) right to import arms; (3) financial assistance. It
wili'oe seen from the Government of India’s telegram
of 5th January (P.87) that in their view the situation
obtaining in 1915 has been entirely altered by the
Sultan’s possession of the Hejaz and no exclusive or
protectorate position, such as is accorded to Great
Britain in He.ld by the 1915 Treaty, should be held by
a Christian power in regard to the Holy Places. It is
*
important to note jn this connection the declaration
made by His Majesty’s Government in recognising Ibn
Saud as King of the Hejaz, viz. ”His Majesty’s
Government continue to regard the regime of the Holy
Places of Islam and all religious questionsconnected
therewith as matters solely concerning Moslems,
regarding whicn His Majesty’s Government neither ought
nor
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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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