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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [569r] (825/840)
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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16th December, 1925,
Sir
1 ImYB the honour to draw attention to paragraph
24 of my despatch of the 24th ifoyeinberild i5, in which 1
allude to the desire expressed by the Sultan of $ajd
for an early revision of the Treaty concluded between him
and His Majesty’s Government in 1916.
2. his Highness raiseu this question definitely
at one of our later meetings (the eighteenth) when the
agreements regarding Iraq and Trans Jordan had been
concluded. A reference to tiie He cord of I^roceedinge
attached to my above quoted despatch will show tiiat,
at the preceding meeting (the seventeenth) he had mads a
particular point, before broaching this subject, of
obtaining an assurance from me th<ai his views and wishes
would be transmitted direct to his Majesty’s Government
and would receive tneir full consideration. he also
expressed the nope that he would receive in due course
a reply to his representations.
3. I consiuered it advisaole and proper to give the
required assurance ana, being satisfied on that score,
His Highness proceeaed to enlarge on tne unsuitability
of tiie terms of the existing treaty, both to the general
t
situation and also to the present status and position of
the Sultanate of Haja. He urged that the Treaty had
been negotiated and concludedwhen the war was at its
To the rtight Honourable
j-.C.M.S.Ajrery,P.C. ,M.£. etc.
his Majesty’s Principal secretary
of State for the Colonies,
Colonial Office, nondon.
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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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