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'11/2 PROPOSED EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN BAHRAIN, NEJD, & KUWAIT - SAUDI AGREEMENT' [‎51r] (101/106)

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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Government 6 f a demand for extradition. The'demand for extradition shall
contain: —
(а) A description of the offender and any information which may assist
in his identification.
(б) A short summary of the offence committed by the offender.
(c) A copy of the judgment passed by the court of the country asking
for extradition, if judgment has already been passed on the
offender.
(2) All the above documents shall bear the seal or stamp of the
competent authorities.
(3) The demand for extradition shall be presented by the Government
f Saudi Arabia to the Government of Kovveit through the British Legation
in Jedda; similarly, the Government of Koweit shall present any demand
for extradition by the Government of Saudi Arabia through the British
Legation in Jedda.
Article 5.
With the object of pursuing the offender and preventing his flight from
the country in which he has taken refuge, the competent authorities in the
two countries may correspond with each other by the most speedy means
available with a view to ensuring the detention of the offender until the
arrival of the documents of the demand as provided in Article 4.
Article 6 .
No person shall be surrendered under this Agreement for any offence
committed before the date of its coming into force.
Article 7.
No offender surrendered under this Agreement sljall be tried for any
offence other than the offence in respect of which his surrender was
demanded, unless he has been given sufficient opportunity to leave the
country, and has not left it. This provision shall not apply to offences
committed after the surrender has been effected.
Article 8 .
The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the area on the Nejd-
Koweit Frontier hereinafter termed the Neutral Zone, whose limits were
laid down in the Protocol of Uqair, dated the 2nd December, 1922
(13th Rabi-al-Thani, 1341) upon the following conditions: —
(1) Where an offence, as detined in Article 3 of this Agreement, has
been committed in either of the two territories and the offender
has fled to the Neutral Zone, the offender shall be deemed to be
still within the territory in which the offence was committed,
and may be arrested and tried by the Government thereof.
(2) Where an offence, as defined in Article 3 of this Agreement, has been
committed in the Neutral Zone and the offender escapes to the
territory of the Government of which he is a national, he shall be
deemed to have committed the offence within the territory of his
own Government and shall be liable to arrest and trial by that
Government.
(3) Where an offence, as defined in Article 3 of this Agreement, has been
committed in the Neutral Zone, and the offender, being a national
of one of the two Governments, escapes into the territory of the
other, he shall be deemed to have committed the offence within
the territory of the Government of which he is a national, and
shall be liable to extradition proceedings under this Agreement.
Article 9.
This Agreement has been drawn up in duplicate in English and Arabic,
both texts having equal force. Instruments of ratification shall be exchanged

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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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