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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [192r] (392/408)
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).
[June 6, 1027. J
CONFIDENTIAL.
S ection 1.
[A mended C opy.]
[E 2582/119/91]
No. 1.
Sir G. Clayton to Sir Austen Chamherlain.
Sir,
Foreign Office, June 6,
I HAVE the honour to submit the following report on my recent miseion to
Jeddah for the purpose of negotiating a treaty with the King of the llejaz and of .Nejd.
Journey to Port Sudan.
2. I left London on the 15th April, 1027, for Marseilles, where I embarked on
the Bibby Line steamship " Lancashire," arriving at Port Sudan on the 24th April. I
was accompanied from London by Mr. S. R. Jordan, and Mr. G. Antonius joined the
mission at Port Said on the 21st April.
Delay in proceeding to Jeddah.
3. On arrival at Port Sudan I received a telegram from llis Britannic Majesty h
consul at Jeddah informing me that Ibn Saud was not expected in Mecca before the
4th May. I therefore decided that Mr. Jordan should proceed to Jeddah in 11 . M S.
" Dahlia" on the following day, while I remained for a few days in Port Sudan,
accompanied by Mr. Antonius. I considered this arrangement desirable as 1 'lid Liot
wish the mission to risk losing dignity by waiting about at Jeddah an'l allo/ding
material for local gossip and intrigue.
Journey to Jeddah.
4. On the 1st May I embarked with Mr. Antonius in H.M.S. ' 4 Dahlia ' ^Com
mander Cotton, R.N.), arriving on the following morning at Jeddah, where J was
received with due ceremony by the Hejazi authorities and conducted to IIih Liitanni'.
Majesty's consulate.
Arrival of Ihn Saud in Jeddah and Reception of Mission.
5 The arrival of Ibn Saud in Mecca was still further delayed until the 7th May,
and he did not reach Jeddah until the morning of the 9th May, on the afternoon of
which day the mission was received in audience by the King. The meeting was
restricted* to the usual exchange of greetings and compliments, and was marked by
great cordialitv and friendliness on the part of the King, who insisted that the mission
should leave the consulate and occupy a house on the outskirts of Jeddah which he
caused to be prepared for its reception.
Initiation of Negotiations.
6. On the following day conversations began, and are given in detail in a
subsequent despatch.
Main Points at issue.
7 It was evident from the results of the conversations at
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al- Aqiq,
conducted in December last by Mr. Jordan and Mr. Antonius, that the mam qu^gtions
(a.) Recognition of the special position of His Majesty's Government in mandated
lb.) Mutual recognition of national status. . r,- « -
(c ) Retention of the right of manumission of slaves by His Majesty s coLLSular
at issue were—
territories.
officers.
(d.) The Hejaz-
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
frontier.
meeting agreement was not yd in Higijt.
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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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- 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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