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'File 1/A/38 I Negotiations with Bin Saud re:- Eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar & Trucial Oman.' [‎40v] (85/452)

The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 27 Oct 1934-24 Feb 1935. 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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understanding were made operative for a longisli period, say fifteen
or twenty years, and affirmed the readiness of His Majesty's Govern
ment to use their endeavours to preserve the status quo m Arabia,
subject to their undertaking no military commitment and not inter
vening, except by way of good offices, in any dispute betv een Arabian
rulers, neither party to which was in special relations with them as
regards its foreign relations. Whether they would go further and
meet Ibn Baud to the extent of promoting a security pact of some sort
between him and Iraq is a question beyond my competence.
(ii) The understanding might define the boundaries within which His
Majesty’s Government recognise the sovereign independence of
Ibn' Baud, subject to any agreements which may be entered into
between the Arab Governments concerned. These boundaries would
be: The present frontier between Saudi Arabia and Iraq; the
present boundary between Nejd and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , with, perhaps,
some definition of the status of places close to it like, e.g., Hazim; a
readjusted de facto or, if possible, de jure frontier between the
Hejaz and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ; the boundary recently established by treaty
between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen; a line corresponding to the
Anglo-Turkish violet and blue lines, but well to the south-east and
east of them, so as to include in Ibn Baud’s territories the Diras of
the Murra, Manasir and other named tribes, and to avoid the creation
of a distinct British sphere behind the States on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
coast, whose authority would be held to extend up to the new line,
subject to any arrangements arrived at between these States under
the auspices of His Majesty’s Government; and the existing Nejd-
Koweit boundary, modified, perhaps, by a division of the neutral
zone.
(iii) It might be agreed, though it would be difficult to obtain Ibn Saud s
consent to this, that economic concessions between the blue and violet
lines and the new line should be granted only to groups composed in
equal parts of interests nominated by His Majesty’s Government and
Ibn Saud respectively.
(iv) Assurances might be given to Ibn Saud that His Majesty’s Govern
ment and the Government of Bahrein will not attempt^ directly or
indirectly to impede direct shipments of goods to the Hasa coast,
subject to the unfettered right of the Bahrein Government to levy
transit dues at such rates as they may decide on goods for Nejd
landed in Bahrein or transhipped in Bahrein waters.
(v) A settlement of the Koweit blockade question might be made an
essential condition of the understanding.
(vi) The understanding might bind Ibn Saud to give reasonable facilities
for landing in and flying over the coastal strip of Hasa in case of
need, subject to an undertaking not to fly inland without special
sanction from Ibn baud and to payment of a reasonable annual rent,
in recognition of Ibn Baud’s sovereign rights. If the understanding
were for fifteen or twenty years, this rent might possibly be met in
anticipation by a remission of the Saudi Government debts to His
Majesty’s Government.
(vii) His Majesty s Government might abandon the right of manumission as
from the promulgation by Ibn Saud of a public act on lines to be
communicated to His Majesty’s Government, unofficially but for
their approval, in the course of the negotiations.
(viii) The understanding might define the position in regard to the Hejaz
Kailway m the light of any arrangements that may be contemplated,
m consultation with the French Government, during the next four
months. &
i "p- suggestion would not, except as regards head (i), involve any
real departure from the principle hitherto followed by His Majesty’s Government
of dealing with each outstanding question on its merits. What it amounts to is
a proposal that we should explore the possibility of effecting a simultaneous
now^^tstanding ° nglSil number mdlv i (iua l questions of importance, which are

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The volume concerns the Eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia with Qatar and Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (also referred to as the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ), and negotiations over the boundary between British officials and Ibn Saud (referred to also as Bin Saud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, King of Saudi Arabia].

The volume contains reports and correspondence, principally from 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. ; HM Minister, Jedda [Jeddah] (Sir Andrew Ryan); other Foreign Office officials; 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; Bertram Sydney Thomas; and officials of the 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. .

The papers include: extracts prepared 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. , for the 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. , from a report by Bertram Thomas on the Trans-Oman air route reconnaissance of May-June 1927 (folios 8-21); papers on Anglo-Saudi relations and records of negotiations between HM Minister, Jeddah and the Deputy Saudi Arabian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Fuad Bey Hamza [Fu’ād Ḥamzah]), July-October 1934 (folios 37-60); further papers concerning Anglo-Saudi negotiations; papers prepared 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle) concerning Ibn Saud and the Yemen campaign, November 1934 (folios 74-77); a letter from 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. , Muscat (Major Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner), dated 23 October 1934, concerning the boundaries of Muscat Sultanate (folios 78-80); a Foreign Office note dated 19 December 1934 entitled 'South-Eastern Arabian frontier and United States Oil Concessions' (folios 122-124); papers relating to the Blue Line [a line drawn by British and Turkish officials in 1913 from the Gulf of Uqair to parallel 20 degrees North, in the Rub al-Khali]; and papers concerning tribal affairs (e.g. report by 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 (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch) entitled 'Tribal situation in the Hinterland of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ', folios 140-146).

The date range gives the covering dates of the correspondence; the earliest document is an enclosure on folios 8-21 containing extracts from Bertram Thomas's report on the Trans-Oman air route reconnaissance of May-June 1927, and the last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes dated 25 February 1935.

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1 volume (219 folios)
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The papers are filed in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminate in a set of notes (folios 211-216).

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 221; 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 6-216; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in same position as the main sequence.

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