ملف ٧٠٥/١٩١٦ الجزء ٢ "انتفاضة عربية: التقارير العربية؛ تقارير السير م. سايكس" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٥] (٤٥٠/٣٠٧)

IBN SAUD.
The C.P.O. at Basra has sent, among other papers, a copy of a treaty between the
Indian Government and Ibn Baud which was signed on the 26th December, 19lo,
and ratified on the 18th July, 1916. By this Ibn Baud undertakes not to enter into
any treaty, agreement, or correspondence with any foreign Power or JN ation ; and no ■
> C ede sell, or mortgage any territory recognised by the British Government as
belonging to them, without the consent of that, Government. He also agrees to keep
open the road to places of pilgrimage; to protect pilgrims ; and not to interfere wi
the territories of Koweyt or Bahrein, or those of the Shaykhs of the Qatar and Oman
coast under the protection of the British Government. There is a clause providing mr
a further detailed treaty.
MASKAT.
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KOWEYT AND THE TBUCIAL COAST.
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BAHREIN.
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PART II.
POLITICAL EVENTS IN fHE FIELDS OF OPERATIONS.
Aden.
The following letter was sent, under date the 12th xlugust, by the Resident to the
Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
“ The Abdali Sultan sends a letter received from one A pfiF Sef ^thei^
flowed a oortfin to go ; that matters ekt of Mecca are gettmg serious The
his treaty with Turks. The Ab^ ^ host;uties began on
th^d^fgust^thlt hekimws Al-Mikdad as a well-known and bold tyrant; that
Al-Mikdad had revolted He'hCnt oFthe Imam, and
exer^lAToTinCncfTbSla Sef, tde informant js generally very sound
and reliable ; but it is premature to say further at presen .
Lower Mesopotamia.
Appendix. . Pprtrnrie Bell C£ on the basis of Government m
Among the rest is a note by Miss Ger g ud V^ • ° iustice there in. She points
Turkish Arabia ”-in reality on the mode “nkendet ultimately on sacred law,”
out that under the Turkish ^mmistra ion justice depended ult ^ tQ in ;red
though Turkey had, to a fmovtowUcLereIstty
legislation by tlie super-imposition o P ommercial Code; and the Co des of Procedure were
Napoleon. Ihe G ™7 n FL mmercial Code was restricted in application, and in cases
French in origin ; but the Co Muialli, a code, resting on religious law,
beyond its scope recourse was had to the mujani,