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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [18r] (46/408)
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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Telegram
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To
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61/10, 61/11, 61/16.
R.
Foreign Office, Londogi.
British Agent, Jeddah, No. 51.
Resident, Bushire, No. 8.
High Commissioner, Baghdad.
High Coimnissioner, Jerusiamalem.
Dated 10th received 11th July 1925.
Mr
Your telegrams No. 110 and 111.
You should inform Ihn Saud that H.M. Government
Have learnt with gratification of his recall of the forces
directed against Akaba, and are sure that he will realise that
he has no longer any cause to complain that Hussein and Abdul-
-la are prolonging the war by their intrigues since the first
is no% established in British territory at Cyprus and the other
is in British mandated territory, Trans-Jordania.
As regards the railway south of the area noti-
-fied to him as that for which H.M. Government regarded them-
-selves as responsible, you should say that it is not the con-
-cern of H.M.Government, who only desire to see the hostilities
terminated as soon as possible, and would gladly contribute to
this end if it were in any way possible. In this connectior
you may inform him of Ali^ suggestion that H.M.Government
should use their good offices in ending the conflict. You
should add that if this were acceptable to him (Ibn Saud) H.M.
Government would be prepared to lend their good offices to both
dides in the common interests of peace. But until they
know whether he would welcome the proposal they will,of course,
not attempt to proceed with it.
You should say that however this may be, H.M.
Government are ready at onee to depute an officer to discuss
with him outstanding questions between Nejd and the territories
under British mandate: that they welcome his assurance that
he would be delighted to (receive ?) a representative for this
purpose
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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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