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'11/2 PROPOSED EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN BAHRAIN, NEJD, & KUWAIT - SAUDI AGREEMENT' [‎47r] (93/106)

The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1932-3 Dec 1942. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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6. Khidma.
On the return of the looted property or animals nothing shall be deducted
therefrom by the way of Khidma, recompense, wages of herdsmen, or
expenses. If the Government collecting the loot has incurred such expendi
ture, it is free to recover it out of the property of the offenders. The
lecompense, however, of a person who has found stray camels and taken
charge of them until application is made by their owner shall be calculated
at the rate of one gold pound for every five camels, provided that the finder
has given notice of his having found them at the time of its occurrence
and has not attempted to conceal it. The frontier officer to whom notice
^ given shall give notice of the fact to the frontier officer of the other
government.
7. Losses.
1 he nationals of either country may enter the other country to search
for any of their property which may have been lost or stolen. If the
searcher finds anywhere what he lost or what was stolen from him he shall
demand his losses from the person in whose possession they are. If the
latter surrenders them, well and good; but if not/the searcher shall not
have the right to recover them by force, but shall apply to the nearest
Government centre in order to inform those concerned of the result of his
enquiries about his losses or what was stolen from him. The authority
to whom this information is given shall take the necessary measures to.
give what is due to the rightful person and to punish the offenders.
Done at Jedda the twentieth April, D)42, corresponding to the fourth
day of the month of Rabi’ al Thani 1361 of the Hijra,
For the Government of the United Kingdom •
F. H. W. STONEHEWER-BIRI).
For the Government of Saudi Arabia:
YUSUF YASIN.
Your Excellency, Jedda, April 20, 1942 (4f/i Rain al Thani 1361).
As we have been successful in drawing up an agreement for “ Friendship
and Neighbourly Relations between Saudi Arabia and Koweit, and as it
is necessary to establish the identity of the tribes of Saudi Arabia and
^ioweit, I herewith submit a list of such tribes: —
Tribes of Saudi Arabia. Tribes of Koweit.
’Ajman. ’Araibdar.
Mutair.
Rashayida.
’Aw^azim,
’Ataiba.
Qahtan.
Dawasir.
Al Murra.
Bani Khalid.
Bani Hajir.
Manasir.
Subai.
Saliul.
Za’b.
Shammar.
Harb.

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This file concerns the proposal and development of an Extradition Treaty for the mutual surrender of criminals between Bahrain and Nejd [Najd], later Saudi Arabia, following a visit by 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd [Ibn Saud] in February 1932. The file includes correspondence between the Secretary to 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe and Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Residents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Captain Charles Geoffrey Prior and Lieutent-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agents at Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government.

The file includes a copy of a Treaty of Extradition between 'Iraq and Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz], Najd and Dependencies (ff 5-7), signed at Mecca on 21 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 1340 [8 April 1931] by Nuri As Sa'id [Nūrī al-Sa‘’id], Prime Minister of Iraq, and Faisal 'Abdul 'Aziz [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], and a draft Extradition Treaty between Bahrain and Najd by Belgrave (ff 11-14), which excludes the return of escaped slaves and a stipulates that applications for extradition should be forwarded through the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain. A further draft copy of the treaty with Arabic translation is enclosed with a letter from Belgrave, dated 7 Rabī‘ I 1351 [10 July 1932]. There is further correspondence regarding the clause on excluding escaped slaves and making applications for extradition through the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. (ff 21-29), as well as copies of correspondence between 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. and the Colonial Office and 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. , London, regarding the proposed Extradition Treaty (ff 30-42). On 25 November 1932, it is decided by the Secretary of State for India that the matter should be left in abeyance.

At the end of the file is a compliments slip, dated 29 August 1942, enclosing printed copies of:

  • Agreement for Friendship and Neighbourly Relations between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Kowait [Kuwait] ) and the Government of Saudi Arabia , Jedda, 20 April 1942 (ff 44-47);
  • Trade Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of His Highness the Sheikh of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia , Jedda, 20 April 1942 (ff 48-49);
  • Agreement for the Extradition of Offenders between the Government of the United Kingdom (acting on behalf of the Government of Koweit) and the Government of Saudi Arabia , Jedda, 20 April 1942 (ff 50-51).
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1 file (51 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the 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 present between ff 2-51; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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