File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎550r] (535/818)

PERSIAN GULF—A’^d—NO. VI—1925.
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Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.B.E., etc.. His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Ple
nipotentiary, to FI is Hvjhness’^Akdu'l-'Aziz ibn 'Abdu’r-Rahman al-Faisal
Al Sa'ud, Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies.
Bahra Camp,
2nd November 1925.
Your Highness,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 14th Rabi’ Thani
1344 (1st November 1925) relating to the interpretation of Article 2 of the Hadda
Agreement.
In reply to Your Highness’ enquiry, I vvi iM con arm the verbal statement I
made in a recent conversation with Your Highness, namely, that it is ditfimlt
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.
For instance, if vou desire to erect a wall, as is usual, or barracks for Public 3sca
rify men other than military forces, or a small gun or a feiv mvcuine-guns infen 1 si
to repel brigands arid aggressors, it will undoubtedly be open to you to do so, pro
vided such preparations do not exceed the bounds of waat is required for the main
tenance of order, and do not constitute, in the judgment of the British mditary
authorities, a menace to Trans-Jordan.
I have, etc.,
Gilbert Clayton.
His Highness Sultan '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
Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
Translation.
Bahra Camp,
15th Rabi' Thani 1344.
(2nd November 1925.)
Your Excellency,
With reference to the discussions which have taken place concerning '
^ho are subjects of Trans-Jordan, I atn not aware of an established am cus oi -
road used for passage through the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sirhan by trader.-, from ra
Should it appear, however, that subjects of Trans-Jordan have an established
and acknowledged right, recognised by those who are expert in sue Tnns-
Pty their trade from Syria and Trans-Jordan to the southern portion* o
Jordan by way of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sirhan, then we hereby undertake to extern 0
the same treatment as is extended to subjects of Nejd by the Governaun
Jordan in their transit to and from Syria.
- ’Abdu’l-’Aziz ibn ’Abdu’r-Rahman ibn Sa’u*