ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٣‎٦‎٦] (٣٠٨/٣٠٧)

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submitting it; to Government for ratification, I find that in spite of the care
w < ? 1 Y e boti \ to check the Arabic, one clerical error has been made
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The omission has occurred in Article 4.
is as follows^—^ aS Wr0ngly worded in the signed document above mentioned,
Bin Sand hereby undertakes that he will absolutely not cede, sell, mort
gage, lease, or otherwise dispose of the above territories or any part of them
or grant concessions within those to any Foreign Power, without the consent
0t ^ ^ overil ment; and that he will follow her advice unreservedlv
provided tha^ it be not damaging to his own interests
This Article as accepted by Your Honour before our meeting and as worded
m our final draft was as follows :—
Bin Saud hereby undertakes that he will absolutely not cede, sell,
mortgage lease, or otherwise^ dispose of the above territories or any part of
them, or grant concessions within those territories to any Foreign Power or
lo the subjects of any Foreign Fower without the consent of the British
Government, and that he will follow their advice unreservedly provided that
it be not damaging to his own interests
From this you will see that the words (i or to the subjects of any Foreign
Power were omitted by mistake of the writer in the document signed by us.
I have duly written them in the text of the original document which I am
submitting to Government, and Government will consider it in this form; so
that if the same mistake occurs in the copy with you, I trust you will add the
words above quoted.
I shall send you shortly the perfect version with an English translation,
as you asked me.
I confidently hope that from the conclusion of this Treaty with the British
Government your affairs will be blessed with increased prosperity and good
fortune.
Before closing let me offer you my best thanks for your friendly welcome
and assure you again of my friendship and my sympathy for the promotion
of your interests.
Hated 19th Safar=27th December 1915.
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