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File 488/1920 Pt 3 ‘Hedjaz:- Relations between H.M. Govt & King Hussein. Question of subsidy. Negotiations for conclusion of a treaty.’ [345v] (695/940)
The record is made up of 1 volume (466 folios). It was created in 25 May 1921-25 Aug 1925. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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the sincere desire of confirming and strengthening the good faith and friendly r 1 1
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the Germanic Powers and Turkey, and with the further desire of consolidati
respective interests and ensuring permanent peace and harmony amonv th^ A i
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- And His Britannic Majesty having named and appointed
as His Plenipotentiary to conclude a treaty for these purposes with His If '
King Hussein, a J e w
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agreed upon and concluded the articles following :—
Article 1.
The High British Government hereby confirm their recognition of the sovereigntv
of His Majesty King Hussein, His heirs and successors, over the territories of the Hem
subject, however, to the provisions of Article 3 following. ^
Article 2.
There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between His Britannic Majesty and
His Majesty King Hussein, their heirs and successors. Each of the High Contracting
Parties agrees and promises to use all the means which His laws provide to prevent His
territory being used as a base for activities directed against the present or future
interests of the other
Article 3.
I he frontiers and boundaries of the Hejaz being at present indeterminate, and
; definite settlement a matter requiring much time, the two High Contracting
Parties agree that such frontiers and boundaries are to be discussed and determined
hereafter
Article 4.
1 he High British Government undertake that they will use their good offices in
promoting and assisting the settlement of any dispute upon frontiers and boundaries
which may arise between His Majesty King Hussein and any of His neighbours who
now are or who in the future may be in treaty relations with His Britannic Majesty.
His Majesty King Hussein shall be free at all times to invoke the arbitration of
His Britannic Majesty in the event of such dispute arising.
Article 5.
Ihe High Britisn Government undertake to restrain by all peaceful means in theii
power any aggression upon the Hejaz by neighbouring States w^ho now are or who in
the future may be in treaty relations with His'Britannic Majesty.
Article 6.
-^ e treaties now in force between the High British Government and Seyyjd
Mohammed Ibn Ali Ei-Idrisi, and between the High British Government and Seyym'
dul Aziz-bin-Abdur Rahman-bin-Feisal as-Saud are herewith communicated to 18
ajesty King Hussein^ lire High British Government likewise undertake to com® 11
nicate in due course any other treaties that they may conclude with neighbours o
Majesty King Hussein. ^ ^
His Majesty King Hussein hereby recognises the aforesaid treaties now existi^
e ween the High British Government and Seyyid Mohammed Ibn Ali El-Idr isl j*
between the High British Government and Seyyid Abdul Aziz-bin-Abdur RahmaD-^
eisa -as-baud, and undertakes to refrain from any act that would or might inipe e
ue execution of those treaties by the High Contracting Parties.
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am power, t re maintenance of peace and friendly relations with those of His ^
who have executed treaties with the High British Government and with those
' na y 111 • i 6 . uture do so ; to refrain from unprovoked aggression in act or forni ^
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The volume contains papers concerning relations between the British Government and the King of Hedjaz [Hejaz or Al-Hijaz].
Most of the papers relate to negotiations between the British Government and King Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi over the terms of an Anglo-Hashimite treaty, and revisions to the draft treaty. These papers mainly consist of correspondence and copies of draft versions of the treaty.
The file also includes correspondence regarding:
- The proposed subsidy to the King of the Hedjaz
- The Foreign Office’s objection to the India Office’s suggestion that King Hussein should be persuaded to publicly recognise the religious suzerainty of the Sultan of Turkey as Khalif (Khaliph) over the Holy Places of the Hedjaz
- King Hussein’s threat to abdicate on 27 February 1922, and the question of whether he should be allowed by the British Government to remain in Mecca in the event of his abdication
- The Foreign Office’s request for the views of the Secretary of State for India (Viscount Peel) on the advisability of requiring King Hussein to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, as well as to accept the treaty with HM Government, as conditions which would need to be met before Hussein would be invited to visit Great Britain
- The refusal of the British Government to enter into further negotiations with King Ali ibn Hussein al-Hashimi for the conclusion of the Anglo-Hashimite treaty, following King Hussein’s abdication in October 1924 (after military defeat by Ibn Saud), ‘so long as present unsettled conditions in the Hejaz continue’.
The correspondence (and copy correspondence) is mainly between the following: 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 (John Evelyn Shuckburgh, John Ernest William Flood), and the Foreign Office; 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. and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence; the Foreign Office and HM Agent and Consul at Jeddah (Major W E Marshall, Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith, and Reader (William) Bullard, successively); the Foreign Office and Dr Naji el Assil, agent of King Hussein; the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the British Resident at Aden; and the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the High Commissioner of Palestine (Herbert Louis Samuel).
The volume includes a document entitled ‘Translation of a Report sent to His Majesty King Hussein 1st to Mecca’, signed Habib Lotfallah, Envoy Extraordinary of King Hussein, London, 24 October 1920, which includes translations in French and Arabic (folios 101 to 102).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (466 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 488 (Pt 1-2 Arabia, and Pt 3 Hedjaz) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/880 and IOR/L/PS/10/881. The volumes are divided into three parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 468; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 488/1920 Pt 3 ‘Hedjaz:- Relations between H.M. Govt & King Hussein. Question of subsidy. Negotiations for conclusion of a treaty.’
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- 19r:23v, 29r:30v, 83r:84v, 125r:126v, 141r:149v, 150r:151v, 214r:215v, 242r:243v, 282r:292v, 345r:347v, 384r:395v, 400r:401v, 445r:446v
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