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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [125r] (256/408)
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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A nnex 5.
Draft Treaty presented hy the King of the Hejaz on December 4, 1926.
P reamble.
Accepted as proposed by His Majesty's Government.
Article 1.
There shall be peace and friendship between His Britannic Majesty and His
Majesty the King of the He'jaz and Sultan of Neid and their Dependencies. Each of
the high contracting parties undertakes to maintain good relations with the other,
Mild to endeavour by all the means at his disposal to prevent his territories being
used as a base for unlawful activities against the other party.
Article 2.
His Britannic Majesty recognises the complete and absolute independence of the
dominions of His Majesty 'Abdul Azir-ibn-'Abdul Rahman-al-Faisal-Al-Sa'ud,
King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their Dependencies.
Article 3.
His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their Dependencies
notifies that the performance of the pilgrimage will be facilitated to Moslem British
subjects or British-protected persons, to the same extent as to all other pilgrims;
that they will be safe as regards their property and their persons during their stay
in the territories of His Majesty; and that they shall receive no treatment which is
contrary to the established laws while in the territories of His Majesty.
Article 4.
His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their Dependencies
undertakes that the belongings of any of the pilgrims referred to in the preceding
article of the present treaty who may die in the territories of His Majesty and
have no lawful trustee in those territories shall be handed over to the British
representative in Jedda or to such person as may be delegated by the latter for the
purpose, for transmission to the rightful heirs of the deceased pilgrim; it being
understood that such belongings will not be handed over to the British authoritv
until the formalities required by the relevant Shar'ia laws will have been
accomplished and the dues prescribed in the ordinances of the Hejaz-Nejd
Government will have been collected.
Article 5.
His Britannic Majesty recognises the national (Hejazi or Nejdi) status of all
subjects of His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their Depen
dencies who may at any time be within the territories of His Britannic Majesty.
On his part His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their
Dependencies recognises the national (British) status of all subjects of His Britannic
Majesty who may at anv time be within the territories of His Majesty the King of
the He.iaz and Sultan of Nejd and their Dependencies; provided that such persons
shall be subject to the established laws of the country in which they may be.
Article 6.
His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their Dependencies
undertakes to maintain, as did his fathers and grandfathers, relations of friendship
and peace with Kuwait and Bahrain and with the Shaikhs of Qatar and the Oman
Coast.
Article 7.
Under consideration. (This article relates to the suppression of the slave trade.)
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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.
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- 1 volume (200 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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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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- 'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt'
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- 189v:191r, 194r:195r, 154r:154v, 125r:125v, 108r:108v
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