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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [‎156r] (318/408)

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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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OFFICIAL RSPORT 13th APRIL 1927
SULTAN OF NSJD .
ME WAKDLAW-MILNS aaked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs if he can give the House any information
regarding the progress of negotiations between this
country and the Sultan of Nejd regarding the future of
the Holy Places of Islam, and the conditions of the
Haj pilgrimage?
Tine SJSCaSTARf OF STATS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
(Sir Austen Chamberlain): I presume that the hon.
Gentleman refers to the negotiations recently initiated
with Ibn Saud, King of the Heja2 and Sultan of Nejd, for
a treaty to replace the treaty concluded with that
sovereign in 1915, when he was Sultan of Nejd only.
These negotiations were not, however, in any way
connected with the future of the Holy Places of Islam,
that question being a matter of purely Moslem concern
in which it would be unfitting for His Majesty's
Government to intervene. The negotiations were
temporarily suspended in December in order that the
British negotiator might return to London to consult
His Majesty*s Government on certain points. Arrangements
have now been made to resume them in the near future.
MR. WARDLAW-MILNB; Is it a fact that these
negotiations include provision for the peaceful
approach to the Holy Places by pilgrims who are British
subj ects?
SIR A. CHAMB 7 IRLAIN; Perhaps the hon. Member
will give me notice of that question.
liBUT . •COMMANDBR KHWWOHTIfY: When these
negotiations are resumed, will there be an examination
into the question of stationing a representative of His
Majesty permanently at the Court of the Sultan, for the
better protection of British nationals?
COLOm WEDGWOOD: Will the right hon. Gentle
man tell the House whether the present British Consul

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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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