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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [555v] (798/840)
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(b) That the tribunal provided for in Article 2 of the Bahra
Agreement should be charged with the task of enquiring into the
claims of both sides and of assessing compensation due for the
losses resulting from raids taking place during the above-
mentioned period, without prejudice to the other duties which
this tribunal will have to perform in the future.
, ^ ^ ^ this tribunal should be assembled and should meet
within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the
ratification of the Bahra Agreement by the Government of ‘Irae^
in accordance with their constitutional laws.
I have, etc.,
Gilbert Clayton.
His Highness Abdu l-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdu ’r-Rahman al-Faisal A l Sa'ud
Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, to Sir Gilbert Clayton]
K.B.E., etc., His Britannic Majesty’s Commissioner and
Plenipotentiary.
Translation.
14th Rabi‘ Thani 1344
(1st November, 1925).
Respects.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the
31st October, 1925, relating to losses and loot. 1 fully endorse the
agreement arrived at between Sheikh Hafiz Wahba and Sheikh
\ usul Y asin and laufiq Bey Suwaidi. Compliments.
(Sealed) 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 Taufiq Bey Suwaidi, 'Iraq
Representative.
British Commissioner’s Camp,
Bahra, Arabia,
28th October, 1925.
Dear Taufiq Bey,
IVIy negotiations with the Sultan of Nejd have now reached a
stage at which I consider it unnecessary to retain your services any
longer with this Mission.
The general agreement in regard to frontier matters between the
territories of ‘Iraq and Nejd has now been completed and only awaits
signature. You have had the opportunity of examining the terms of
this agreement, and will be in a position to acquaint your Government
informally of their substance, but I do not wish to communicate
them to you officially or to give you a complete copy of the agree
ment itself, as I consider the proper channel through which to
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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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