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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [10r] (30/408)
The record is made up of 1 volume (200 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1923-10 Mar 1930. 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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BRITISH
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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JEDDAH-
liay 32nd, 19 £5.
Ddur tt tlist,
In th® despatoaes I. am sendiiig about th© various
things Bin Saud told our Indi ?jn ciark I iiava confined
myself to matters ftuioh Oiigbt be of eeriou- interest
to the Foreign Office. de talked ^uoh about wisaxng
to negotiate nith the British Agent at Jeddah and to
oooie to a general agreeikent on all outstanding questions
in axchs*nge, one may suppose, for help of some kind, or
perhaps for a promise of reoognition. He must have known
that hie proposal was impossible for at least two
unanswerable reasons: we oan no more negotiato *fiua nim
than with Ali while the wax's going on, and anyhow I'm
not in a position to negotiate with him at ali, since my
business is with the Hejaa autnorities, and I write nothing
to Bin Saud that they donH sea and approve. But you see
tnat the Italians are not aanging back. The of^er of
the Governor of Eritrea to negotiate - ooiumercxil treaty
is only one m^n festation ^f the grea. activity the
ItFiliaiis are showing in the Red Sea, ^nd if All is driven
out of the Hejaz they*11 be knocking vary loudly at Bin
Siiud 1 s door. They are in a s .rong position, of course,
having no ooaimitments contrary to Bin C-uu-'s interests und
ambitions, Bm Saud professes to be still a part s an of
His Majesty 1 e Governoient, >nd to be prepared to give
British appilo&n^® the first cffsr of all ooncassions -
always in exchange for some consideration. But he cnafes
under the 1915 Treaty, wnich he sejms to think needs
revision
V. A.L•Aallet ^ c^•,
Foreign Office,
LorDcm. s.w.i.
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The volume mostly consists of correspondence concerning the relations between Britain and Ibn Sa'ud, with a specific focus on the negotiation and signing of the Treaty of Jeddah. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah and the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London. Copies were often sent to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, and the High Commissioners in Baghdad and Jerusalem.
The volume follows the evolution of the Treaty:
- Britain's initial reluctance, due to their official friendship with King Hussein, to engage with the issue prior to Ibn Sa'ud's conquest of the Hejaz;
- how this event then gave cause for the Bahra and Hadda agreements of November 1925;
- the negotiations between Ibn Sa'ud and Gilbert Clayton in early 1927 leading to the signing of the Treaty of Jeddah on 20 May that year and its ratification in August.
At the end of the volume (folios192-196) is Clayton's final report on his mission to the Hejaz and includes a copy of the Treaty.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (200 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and written in the top right corner of each folio. There are the following irregularities: ff 1A-1C; f 185A; ff 78-84 are those of a booklet, stored in an envelope (f 77A). There is a second sequence that is also written in pencil but is not circled and is inconsistent.
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- IOR/R/15/1/574
- Title
- 'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1cv, 2r:77v, 77ar:77av, 84r:107v, 109r:124v, 126v:153v, 155r:185v, 185ar:185av, 186r:189r, 191v:193v, 195v:199v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence