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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [26r] (62/408)
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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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.!
EASTERN (Arabia ). [August 4, 1925.]
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Mr. Bullard to Ihn Saud.
(Translation.)
(After respects.) Jeddah, July 13, 1925.
I HAVE the honour to inform your Highness that T duly received your letter
No. 155 dated the 24th Dhu'l Ka'dah, and communicated its contents to His Majesty's
(lovernment. They have now instructed me to address your Highness in the following
sense:—
His Majesty's Government have learned with gratification that your Highness
has recalled your forces directed against Akaba, and they are sure your Highness
now realises that you have no longer cause to complain that the ex-King Hussein
I and the Emir Abdullah are prolonging the war by their intrigues, since the former
is now established in British territory, in Cyprus, and the Emir Abdullah is in the
British mandated territory of Transjordania.
As to that part ol the railway south of the territory notified to your Highness
as territory for which His Majesty's Government regard themselves as responsible,
it is no concern of His Majesty's Government, who only desire to see hostilities
terminated as soon as possible, and would gladly contribute to that end if it were
in any way possible. His Majesty's Government recently received from King Ali
a suggestion that they should use their good offices with a view to ending the conflict.
II such a suggestion were acceptable to your Highness, His Majesty's Government
would be prepared to lend their good offices to both sides in the interests of peace,
but until they know whether your Highness would welcome such a proposal they
will of course not attempt to proceed with it.
Whatever your Highness's views on this point may be, His Majesty's Government
are ready to depute an officer at once to discuss with your Highness outstanding
questions between Nejd and territories under British mandate. They welcome your
Highness's assurance that you would be delighted to receive a representative for this
purpose in order to arrive at a final settlement in your Highness's presence, and^ they
will be glad to learn what time and place would be convenient to you. Your Highness
will doubtless realise that it is impracticable for them to send a representative to
Mecca itself, or to any other place which the Moslem world regards as holy.
(Compliments.) R. w. BULLARD.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Ihn Saud to Mr. Bullard.
(Translation.)
(After respects.) Dhu'l Hijjah 27, 1343 (July 18, 1925).
I HA\ E received your letter dated the 13th July, 1925, and noted its contents,
and 1 have the honour to reply as follows : —
[1032 d—1 |
CONFIDEN UAL. Section 1.
[E 4548/165/91] No. 1.
Mr. Bullard to Mr. Austeu ( hamherlain.—(Heceived Auaust 4)
(No. 67.) y ''
ttattu ii . Jeddah, July IQtt.
i riAVE tiie honour to transmit to you herewith copies of correspondence
exchanged with Ibn Saud about the settlement of points at issue between him and
Transjordania and Irak, and the suggestion made by King Ali that His Majesty's
Government should use their good officfes in the interests of peace.
2. Copies of this despatch and of its enclosures are being sent to Jerusalem,
Bagdad and Bushire.
I have, &c.
R. W. BULLARD.
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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