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‘File 25/2 Saudi-Yemen Treaty’ [4r] (7/84)
The record is made up of 1 file (40 folios). It was created in 18 Jul 1934-11 Sep 1934. 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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ho^eTer, it would probably he .to be*?n impossible todo much
better in dealing with regions of which there are no accurate
maps and where tribol considerations are more important than
geography.
3. Thre is nothing on the face of the Treaty to suggest
that it has Ven concluded on other than equal terms. It is
significant - n this connection that the Imam figures in it as
M His Majesty *he King of the Yemen M a title never given to him
in Saudi official language before + his Treat- was drawn up.
Apart from the p eliminary conditions on which Ibn Sa’ud in
sisted to ^he ast, there is no single provision which is mot
based on the strictest reciprocity. ?hre is nof provision
foran indemnity and, pace Mr Philby, nc/ppmsent evidence that
Ibn Sa’ud has got one by some special arrangement outside
the published texts. What it comes to is tteit he has, at any
ra*e for tventyjyearB , established his title to both parts
of 'Aeir and Hejran. and ^oi^hese undoubtedly solid gains he
has pe id a longish price in military expenditure ani^a certain
price in men.
4. Whether the T-eaty can be regarded as in any sens,
an alliance is a nore difficult question. I myself ar. in-
A /A &*** m a. nfs /o o~r /\0/fcrng
dined to think/ofthe kind . T he peculiar position of the
parties as the only two really independent rulers in Arabia,
both ardent xenophobes, has driven them into impressive affirm
ations of their Moslem and Arab solidarity. In this matter,
if no other, the mission of Arab mediators may have made
themsellees felt. My new 'Iraqi colleague goes so far as to
attribute the recurrent phrase ab ut brotherhood to the ins
piration of the Amir Sjekib 'Arslan, with whom it is « favour
ite catchword. Great play i s made with the doctrine ttet the
people of the two " u ountries" which are carefully distinguished
r " tlon " the ,tord which, for the want of a better
equivalent has been translated "nation'' is not used so as to
imply anv politiod unity. It refers rather to that ideal
... idee 1
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The file comprises copies of four separate communications from the British Legation at Jedda, enclosing translated summaries and copies of the Treaty of Taif, agreed between the Saudi ruler ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), and the Yemeni ruler Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn, to end the 1934 territorial dispute between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
The first letter (folios 3-5), from Sir Andrew Ryan, Minister at the British Legation in Jedda, dated 27 June 1934, encloses an annotated summary of the Treaty (folios 6-11), concluded between the Saudi and Yemeni rulers on 6 Safar 1353 (equivalent to 20 May 1934). In his letter, Ryan makes comments on various aspects of the treaty, its wording, and Saudi-Yemeni relations.
The second letter (folios 13-14), from Albert Spencer Calvert at the British Legation in Jedda to Sir John Simon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 30 July 1934, encloses a translated copy of the Treaty of Taif (15-27), a copy of an arbitration covenant between the Saudi Arab Kingdom and Kingdom of Yemen (folios 28-30), and copies of annexed, translated letters (folios 31-35).
The third letter, sent by Chancery at the British Legation in Jedda 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 11 September 1934 (folio 37), includes the text of an article to be inserted into the Treaty of Taif, which was missing from the earlier text. A copy of a further letter (folio 39), addressed to the Foreign Office from the British Legation at Jedda, explains the accidental omission.
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- 1 file (40 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 also present in parallel between ff 1-41; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/638
- Title
- ‘File 25/2 Saudi-Yemen Treaty’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 36r:36v, 38r:38v, 41r:41v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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