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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [168r] (342/408)
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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EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
L June 6, 1927. J
Section 2.
[E 2583/119/91]
No. 1.
Sir G. Clayton to Sir Austen Chamberlain.
Sir, Foreign Office, June 6, 1927.
WITH reference to my despatch of to-day's date, in which I submitted the
report of my recent mission to Jeddah for the purpose of negotiating a treaty with
the King of the Hejaz and of Nejd, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith
a more detailed account of the course of the negotiations than appeared necessary
in that report.
I have, &c.
GILBERT CLAYTON.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Record of Conversations with His Majesty King Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdvl-RaJiman
al-Faisal AI Saud.
1st Meeting.
HIS Majesty arrived in Jeddah by car on the morning of Monday, the 9th May,
and received the mission at 2-30 p.m . on the same day.
This meeting was confined to greetings and the usual exchange of compliments,
the King welcoming the mission with great cordiality. It was arranged to begin
conversations on the following morning.
2nd Meeting.
The second meeting took place in the King's house at 9 a.m . on the 10th Ma\,
the following being present :—
The King, attended by Sheik Yusuf Yasin.
Sir Gilbert Clayton.
Mr. Jordan.
Mr. Antonius.
Sir G. Clayton opened the proceedings by giving a short account of the events
which had occurred since his last mission to His Majesty, including
(a.) His journey to Palestine and Iraq for the purpose of explaining verbally
to the local authorities the provisions of the Hadda and Bahra
Agreements. . ^
(6.) The steps that he had taken to bring before His Majesty's Government
the various requests which the King had put forward at Bahra, with
special reference to his desire to conclude a general treaty with His
Maiestv's Government which should take the place ot the treaty concluded
in 1915. . . . • i i
(c) His mission to the Imam Yahya, necessitating consultation with the
Government of India and the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
at Aden, and finally a
journey to San'a. . , , T t ^
id) The conversations which had taken place with the Italian Government m
regard to the respective interests of Great Britain and Italy in the
Red Sea area, culminating in Sir Gilbert Clayton's visit to Rome and
his discussion's there with the Governor of Eritrea and officials of the
Italian Foreign Office. (In regard to these conversations the King
observed that? since they had taken place, he had noticed a certain
diminution of Italian activity, and felt sure that they were having an
excellent effect.)
Sir Gilbert Clayton concluded by saying that he had given this short history of
events in order to show His Majesty that Arabian affairs had been occupying the
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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)
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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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- 'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt'
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- 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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