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‘File 25/2 Saudi-Yemen Treaty’ [23r] (45/84)
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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when in the country of the’ other party, should he treated in
accordance with local law.
Article 1 3.
Each of the two High Contracting Parties undertakes to
announce a full and complete amnesty for all crimes and host!
le acts which mejrrhave been committed by any person or per
sons who are subjects of the other party but reside in its
territory (i.e. in the territor?/’ of the party issuing the
amnesty). Similarly, es ch of them undertakes to issue a full
general, and complete amnestv to those of its subjec + s who
may have gone, or taken refuge, or in an^ nenner joined them
selves, to the other narty, for all crimes, and for the pro
perty which they may have taker from the time when they came
to the other party until their ret Pm, whatever its nature
and whatever its amo’int; and not to allow any sort of injury
punishment, or constraint to be made upon them on account of
their having + akFn refuge or joined themselves, or of the
manner in which they did so. If either party has any doubt
of the occurrence of anything contrary to this undertaking
the party entertaining the doubt may apply to the other party
to convoke a meeting of the representatives who signed this
treaty; if it is impossible for any one of them to attend, he
may depute another fully authorised and ennowered person, welL
acquainted with ♦he localities and who is anxious to effect
a settlement between the parties and to carry out the rights
of both, to attend to investigate the matter, so that no in
justice or dispute may arise. Hie decision of these repre
sentatives shrill be considered as binding.
Article 14 .
Each of the two High Contracting Parties undertakes
to tetum the property o' those of its subjects whom it
pardons and to hand it over to them of their heirs on their
return to their country, in obedience to the law of their
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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)
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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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