مجموعة ٦/ ٦٥ "العلاقات بين المملكة العربية السعودية واليمن". [و‎‎٣‎٦] (٩١٧/٧١)

THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
CONFIDENTIAL.
EASTERN (Arabia).
I Auerust 13. 1934.
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Section 1.
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No. 1.
Mr.
Mr. Calvert to Sir John Simon.—(Received August 13.)
Jedda, July 30, 1934.
(No. 240.)
Sir,
WITH reference to Sir Andrew Ryan’s despatch No. 202 of the 27th June,
I have the honour to forward herewith a complete translation of the Treaty of
Taif, which has been prepared by Mr. Furlonge.
2. Further study has served little to elucidate the obscurities of article 4
of this document. These arise partly from the absence of any trustworthy and
sufficiently detailed map of the area, but more especially from the rather confusing
use of the same word to denote the name of a tribe and at the same time to
describe its tribal grazing-ground or dira. These latter are, moreover, known
accurately probably only to the tribes owning them and to neighbouring tribes,
who may or may not be in entire agreement as to their boundaries. Until the
terrain through which this frontier runs is accurately mapped and surveyed,
article 4 will, it is believed, continue to be a somewhat unintelligible concatenation
of place and tribal names.
3. Otherwise, no points of importance, other than those noted by
Sir Andrew Ryan in his despatch under reference, have emerged except that
article 4 does provide for a “ friendly and brotherly ” delimitation of the frontier.
4. I am sending copies of this despatch to His Majesty’s Ambassador at
Rome, His Majesty’s Chief Commissioner at Aden, the Hon. the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, his Excellency the High Commissioner
for Palestine, Jerusalem, His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires at Bagdad, and His
Majesty’s High Commissioner for Egypt, Ramleh.
Treaty of Islamic Friendship and Brotherhood, between the Saudi Arab Kingdom
and the Kingdom of the Yemen.
HIS Honourable Majesty the Imam Abdul Aziz Abdurrahman-al-Feysal-al-
Saud. King of the Saudi Arab Kingdom, on the one part, and His Honourable
Majesty the Imam Yahya-bin-Muhammad Hamiduddin, King of the Yemen, on
the other part:
Being desirous of ending the state of war unfortunately existing between
them and their Governments and peoples;
And of uniting the Islamic Arab nation and raising its condition and
maintaining its prestige and independence;
And in view of the necessity of establishing firm treaty relations between
them and their Governments and countries on a basis of mutual advantage and
reciprocal interest;
And wishing to fix the frontiers between their countries and to establish
relations of “ Bon-Voisinage ” and ties of Islamic friendship between them
and to strengthen the foundations of peace and tranquillity between their
countries and peoples;
And being desirous that there should be a united front against sudden
mishaps and a solid structure to preserve the safety of the Arab Peninsula.
I have, &c.
A. S. CALVERT.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Treaty of Taif.
In the Name of God the Merciful, the Compassionate
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