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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [173r] (352/408)
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 Hit Britannic Majesty's Government.]
EASTERN (A rabia ). ' [July 23, 1927.]
CONFIDENTIAL. S ection 1.
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[E 3122/119/91] No. 1.
Si?* Austen Chamberlain to Brigadier-General Sir G. Clayton.
Sir, Foreign Office, July 23, 1927.
I HAVE received your despatch of the 6th June containing the report on your
recent mission to Jeddah for the purpose of negotiating a treaty with the King of
the Hejaz and of Nejd, together with the treaty signed on the 20th May and the
notes exchanged on that occasion.
2. I consider the contents of the treaty and notes entirely satisfactory, and
1 have much pleasure in conveying to you my hearty congratulations on the success
of your mission. I fully realise from your account of the negotiations that your
task was one of considerable difficulty, requiring the exercise of much patience and
diplomatic skill; and it is gratifying to His Majesty's Government that their efforts
to reach an understanding with Ibn Saud have at length been rewarded with success,
thanks to your tact and ability. The Secretary of State for the Colonies desires to
be associated with me in these expressions of congratulation. T have also read with
pleasure the testimony which you bear to the efficient help rendered to you by
Mr. Jordan and Mr. Antonius.
I am, &c.
AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
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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