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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [548v] (784/840)
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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64
Excellency to elucidate the meaning of “ fortifications,” and you
explained that the construction of a wall round the villages concerned
according to the custom prevailing in the desert for the prevention
of theits and raids, as well as the construction of a military barracks
tor the housing of Public Security troops and the placing of a gun
or a few machine-guns according to the requirements of public
security, would not be considered as being fortifications of the kind
which we undertook to abstain from erecting; but that such works
would be considered as necessary for the preservation of order. The
object of the present letter is to obtain clear confirmation of that from**
Your Excellency so that we should be perfectly explicit about our
undertakings and leave no room for such misconstructions as might
arise from the intrigues of mischief-makers. Respects.
‘Abdu’l-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdu’r-Rahman ibn Sa'ud.
♦
Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.B.E., etc., His Britannic Majesty's Commis
sioner and Plenipotentiary, to His Highness ‘Abdu’l-Aziz ibn
Abdu r-Rahman al-Faisal Al Sa'ud, Sultan of Nejd and its
Dependencies.
Bahra Camp,
2nd November, 1925.
Vour Highness,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the
14th Rabi‘ 1 hani 1344 (1st November, 1925) relating to the inter
pretation of Article 2 of the Hadda Agreement.
In reply to Your Highness’ enquiry, I would confirm the verbal
statement I made in a recent conversation with Your Highness,
namely, that it is difficult for anyone to define, fully and in detail,
what is to be understood by the word “ fortification ” in such a
manner as to cover all possible eventualities; and that the best
interpretation of that Article would be that which conforms to the
spirit as to the letter of the Agreement, and rests on a sincere
execution of its terms. Lor instance, if you desire to erect a wall,
as is usual, or barracks for Public Security men other than military
forces, or a small gun or a few machine-guns intended to repel
brigands and aggressors, it will undoubtedly be open to you to do
so, provided such preparations do not exceed the bounds of what is
required for the maintenance of order, and do not constitute, in the
judgment of the British military authorities, a menace to Trans
jordan.
I have, etc.,
Gilbert Clayton.
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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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- File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.'
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- 157r:394v, 403r:576v
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