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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [553v] (794/840)
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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2 * A t S , 1 ^ ve r ® P eatedly informed Your Highness in our conversa-
tions the Iraq Government is unable to subscribe to this principle
which it deems contrary to Arab traditions and impracticable of
execution. I have also informed Your Highness that His Majesty’s
Government after careful consideration of the facts and of the views
put forward by Your Highness and on your behalf in the past, have
reached the same conclusion. That being so, I regret that I am
unable to adopt the principle which you recommend.
.1 3 ' J °f t A 6 ° ther hand ’ 1 would P° int out to Your Highness thai.
the draft Agreement which I presented to you recentlv goes fa^ -
towards meeting your own views in the matter, and that in drafting
it I have endeavoured as far as possible to reconcile conflicting
opinions. It is based on what, in the view of His Majesty’s Govern-
ment, is just and fair to ‘Iraq and Nejd and to the tribes concerned •
and I feel sure that, provided it is loyally carried out, peace and
stability on the border ought to prevail, and that any disputes
arising from the aggressions of tribes, even in such complicated
instances as those mentioned by Your Highness, will be capable of
settlement without real difficulty by the two Governments of ‘Iraq
and Nejd acting in sincere co-operation.
4. With regard to Your Highness’ misgivings as to the efficacy of
an agreement such as I have proposed, I rely with full confidence on
Your Highness repeated assurances of good-will and sincere desire
for peace and order on the frontier.
I have, etc.,
Gilbert Clayton.
ANNEXURE 14.
1. Statement from Taufiq Bey Suwaidi summarising instructions
issued to him by ‘Iraq Government.
2. Statement from Taufiq Bey Suwaidi relating to negotiations for
Liquidation of Past Raids.
3. Letter from Sir Gilbert Clayton to Sultan of Nejd suggesting
principles and procedure to be adopted for settlement.
4. Endorsement by Sultan of Nejd.
5. Letter from Sir Gilbert Clayton to Taufiq Bey Suwaidi.
Taufiq Bey Suwaidi, ‘Iraq Representative, to Sir Gilbert Clayton,
K.B.E., etc., His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and
Plenipotentiary.
Bahra Camp,
25th October, 1925.
Translation.
With reference to our conversation and in accordance with your
instructions, I have the honour to bring to your notice the gist of the
instructions issued to me by my Government in connection with the
Mission on which I was sent.
1. I am in receipt ot a letter from the ‘Iraq Government No 2493
dated the 8th September, 1925, to the effect that a Conference was
about to be held between Sir Gilbert Clayton, representing His
Britannic Majesty’s Government, and His Highness the Sultan of
Nejd, tor^he purpose of discussing matters affecting Nejd, ‘Iraq and
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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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