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'Treaty with the Idrisi Saiyid. No 33A of 1915. Government of India Foreign and Political Department' [‎114r] (1/4)

The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in 1915. 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 the Secretary of State for India.
SECRET.
B. 250a.
Treaty with the Idrisi Saiyid.
No. 33 A of 1915.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
SECRET.
W;ir.
To the Most Honour a blk the MARQUESS of CREWE, K.G.,
• His Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
Simla,
My Lord Mahqi ess, i 1
With reference to your Lordship s telegram, dated the l ith Febnidry
1915 we have the honour to forward, for the consideration of His Majesty s
Government, a copy oi a letteH trom
» No. C. 343, dated the 1st May 1915. onr p 0 i lt ical Resident at Aden, with
which he submits a Treaty signed by himself and by the representatives of
the Idrisi Saiyid, for the ratiheation of the Government of India.
2 This Treaty does not appear to have been very concisely or very
clearly drafted, but the terms generally coincide with what your Lordship
approved in your telegram of the 28th December 1914. The idrisi, on his
side, undertakes to make a pact of friendship between bmisefmidtbe
British Government, to attack and to endeavour to drive the lurks from
their stations in the Yemen and to extend his territories at their expense,
and at the same time to abstain from any hostile or provocative action
against the Imam Yahya so long as the latter does not join hands with t
Turks. The British Government, on their side, undertake to protect his
territories from attack on the seaboard, to guarantee ins independence in is
own domain, and at the conclusion of the war to use diplomatic means to
adjudicate between the rival claims of the Idrisi and the Imam Imther,
they have no desire to enlarge their territories on Arabian soil but wish
merely to see that the various Arab rulers live peaceably and amicab y
“gether each in his own sphere. As a mark of appreciation of the work to
be performed by the Idrisi Saiyid, the British Governmen have aided him
with funds and munitions and undertake to give him fmthei assistance in
the prosecution of his campaign against the Turks, in accordance with the
measure of the Idrisi’s activities. Finally, the British Government agree as
heretofore to give the Idrisi Saiyid full and free scope to trade and tiaffic
between his ports and Aden.
9 The only point that appears to require definite qualification is the
expression " Arabian soil ” in Article 6, as this scarcely falls in with our
position in Mesopotamia. If the words “ W estern Arabia were substituted
for “Arabian soil," this objection would be removed and oui mtentio
would be sufficiently defined in the Treaty.
4 i t might also perhaps be urged that by allowing the Idrisi under
Article 3 to 0 extend his territories and at the same time under Article o
Laranteeimr Ws independence hereafter, we may be bringing ourselves into
an Embarrassing position ns-a-ns other Arab Chiefs, but our position in
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This file contains a 'Treaty of Friendship and Goodwill' and is signed by David George Levigne Shaw, 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. in Aden, on behalf of the British Government, and by Saiyid Mustafa bin Saiyid Abdu'l 'Ali on the part of His Eminence Saiyid Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Idris, the Idrisi Saiyid and Amir of Sabia and its environs. The document is also signed by Harold Fenton Jacob, First Assistant Resident in Aden. The Treaty seeks to unite the British Government and the Idrisi Saiyid against Turkish [Ottoman] incursions in Aden and Yemen more generally. Though the main focus of the document is the provision of diplomatic and moral support, paragraph 7 of the Treaty confirms that the British Government will support the Idrisi against Turkey through the supplication of 'funds and munitions'.

The Treaty is prefaced by two letters: one signed by various government officials including the Viceroy of India, and one written by David George Levigne Shaw. Both letters provide their opinions on the Treaty.

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1 file (2 folios)
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The file opens with two letters about the Treaty and is followed by the Treaty itself.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 114, and terminates at f 115, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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