File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎338r] (111/818)

PERSIAN GULF— Nejd —NO. VI—1925.
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Article 15.
The present Agreement has been drawn up in the two languages, English and
Arabic, and each of the high contracting parties shall sign two English copies
and two Arabic copies. Both texts shall have the same validity, but in case of
divergence between the two in the interpretation of one or other of the Articles
of the present Agreement, the English text shall prevail.
Article 16.
The present Agreement will be known as the Hadda Agreement.
Signed at Bahra Camp on the 2nd November 1925 (corresponding to the 15th
Rabi’ Thani 1344).
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Gilbert Clayton.
'Abdu’l-’Aziz.
Correspondence relating to the Hadda Agreement.
H\s Highness ’ Abdul-Aziz ibn ' Abdu’r-Rahman al-Faisal Al Sa'ud, Sultan of Nejd
and its Dependencies, to Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.B.E., etc.. His Britannic Ma
jesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
Translation.
Bahra,
14th Rabi' Thani 1344.
{1st November 1925.)
Your Excellency,
In the Agreement relating to Trans-Jordan and Nejd provision is made for
an undertaking on our part not to fortify Kaf or to make it a military centre. In
nne of our conversations, I asked Your Excellency to elucidate the meaning of
fortifications ”, and you explained that the construction of a wall round the
ages concerned, according to the custom prevailing in the desert for the pre
vention of thefts aSnd raids, as well as the construction of a military barracks for
e housing of Public Security troops and the placing of a 'gun or a few maohine-
fPHjs according to the requirements of public security, would not be considered
but ^ or hihcations of the kind which we undertook to abstain from erecting
Th / 8Uc h w orks would be considered as necessary for the preservation of order.
e object of the present letter is to obtain clear confirmation of that from A our
hew eilC Y 80 that we should be perfectly explicit about our undertakings and
e no room for such misconstructions as might arise from the intrigues of
^f-maken. Respects.
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’Abdu’l-’Aziz ibn ’Abdu’r-Bahman ibn Sa ud