File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎546r] (779/840)

Article 12.
The Governments of Nejd and Great Britain undertake to grant
freedom of passage for trade and pilgrimage on condition that
travellers should obey all regulations which may be enforced with
regard to travelling in Nejd and in Trans-Jordan. Each Govern
ment will inform the other of any regulation enacted on the subject.
Article 13.
The British Government undertake to carry out the following
pledges with regard to the passage to Syria.
(a) Nejd subjects will have full liberty to travel to Syria and return.
The passage may not be closed in any circumstances whatever.
(b) No Customs duty will be levied on goods passing to and fro
between Syria and Nejd ; nor will such goods be liable to inspection.
Article 14.
This Agreement will be valid for a number of years to be agreed
upon by both parties, and both parties will discuss again the question
of their interests on the frontier.
ANNEXURE 7.
The Hadda Agreement.
The High British Government on its own part and His Highness
‘Abdu’l-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdu’r-Rahman al-Faisal Al Sa‘ud, Sultan of
Nejd and its Dependencies on behalf of the Government of Nejd, on
his part, in view of the friendly relations which exist between them,
being desirous of fixing the frontier between Nejd and Trans-Jordan
and of settling certain questions connected therewith, The High
British Government have named and appointed Sir Gilbert
Clayton, K. B.E., C.B., C.M.G., as their Commissioner and Pleni
potentiary, to conclude an Agreement for this purpose with Sultan
‘Abdu’l-'Aziz ibn ‘Abdu’r-Rahman al-Faisal Al Sa‘ud on behalf of
Nejd.
In virtue of which the said Sultan ‘Abdu’l-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdu’r-
Rahman al-Faisal Al Sa‘ud and the said Sir Gilbert Clayton, have
agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :—
Article 1.
The frontier between Nejd and Trans-Jordan starts in the north
east from the point of intersection of meridian 39°E and parallel 32°N,
which marks the termination of the frontier between Nejd and ‘Iraq,
and proceeds in a straight line to the point of intersection of meridian
37°E and parallel 31 o 30'N, and thence along meridian 37°E to the point
of its intersection with parallel 31°25'N. From this point, it pro
ceeds in a straight line to the point of intersection of meridian 38°E
and parallel 30°^, leaving all projecting edges of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sirhan in
Nejd territory ; and thence proceeds along meridian 38°E to the point
of its intersection with parallel 29°35 / N.
The Map referred to in this Agreement is that known as the “ Inter
national ” Asia Map, 1 : 1,000,000.