File 2182/1913 Pt 9 'Arabia Policy towards Bin Saud' [161r] (319/406)
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APPENDIX B.
TREATY WITH IBN SATJD.
In the Name of God the Merciful and Compassionate.
Preamble.
*, i Tl1 ^ Higl1 Government on its own part, and Abdul Aziz bin
Abdur Rahman bin Faisal al Saud, Ruler of Najd, El Hasa, Qatif and Jubail,
and the towns and ports belonging to them, on behalf of himself, his heirs
and successors, and tribesmen, being desirous of confirming and strengthen
ing the friendly relations, which have for a long time existed between the
two parties, and with a view to consolidating their respective interests the
British Government have named and appointed Lieutenant-Col. Sir Percy
Cox, K.C.S.L, K.C.I.E., British Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, as their Pleni
potentiary, to conclude a treaty for this purpose with Abdul Aziz bin Abdur
Rahman bin Faisal al Saud.
The said Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox and Abdul Aziz bin Abdur
Rahman bin Faisal al Saud, hereafter known as “ Bin Saud ” have agreed
upon and concluded the following Articles: —
\
The British Government do acknowledge and admit that Najd, El Hasa,
Qatif and Jubail, and their dependencies and territories, which will be dis
cussed and determined hereafter, and their ports on the shores of the Persian
Gulf are the countries of Ibn Saud and of his fathers before him, and do here-
Jyf ^^pog^ise.fhe said Ibn Saud as the independent Ruler thereof and absolute
Chief of their tribes, and after him his sons and descendants by inheritance;
but the selection of the individual shall be in accordance with the nomination
{i.e., by the living Ruler) of his successor; but with the proviso that he shall
not be a person antagonistic to the British Government in any respect; such
as, for example, in regard to the terms mentioned in this Treaty.
II.
In the event of aggression by any Foreign Power on the territories of the
‘Countries of the said Ibn Saud and his descendants without reference to the
Jlritish Government and without giving her an opportunity of communicating
-thlbn Saud and composing the matter, the British Government will aid
bn Saud to such extent and in such a manner as the British Government
alter consulting Ibn Saud may consider most effective for protectin 0, his
interests and countries.
III.
Ibn Saud hereby agrees and promises to refrain from entering into any
correspondence, agreement, or treaty, with any Foreign Nation or Power, and
further to give immediate notice to the Political Authorities of the British
Government of any attempt on the part of any other Power to interfere with
the above territories.
IY.
Ibn Saud hereby undertakes that he will absolutely not cede, sell, mort-
gage, lease, or otherwise dispose of the above territories or any part of them,
or grant concessions within those territories to any Foreign Power, or to the
subjects of any Foreign Power, without the consent of the British Govern
ment. And that he will follow her advice unreservedly provided that it be
not damaging to his own interests.
y.
Ibn Saud hereby undertakes to keep open within his territories, the roads
leading to the Holy Places, and to protect pilgrims on their passage to and from
the Holy Places.
YI.
Ibn Saud undertakes, as his fathers did before him, to refrain from all
aggression on, or interference with the territories of Kuwait, Bahrain, and of
the Shaikhs of Qatar and the Oman Coast, who are under the protection of the
British Government and who have treaty relations with the said Government;
and the limits of their territories shall be hereafter determined.
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Part 9 primarily concerns the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and British policy towards both. The item includes the following:
- a note by 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. 's Political Department, entitled 'Arabia: The Nejd-Hejaz Feud', which laments the fact that relations between Bin Saud and King Hussein have to some extent been reflected in the views of the two administrations with which they have respectively been brought into contact (i.e. the sphere of Mesopotamia and the Government of India in Bin Saud's case, and the Cairo administration in King Hussein's case);
- reports on the presence of Akhwan [Ikhwan] forces in Khurma and debate as to which ruler has the stronger claim to it;
- attempts by the British to ascertain whether or not a treaty exists between King Hussein and Bin Saud;
- a copy of a report by Harry St John Bridger Philby entitled 'Report on Najd Mission 1917-1918', which includes as appendices a précis of British relations with Bin Saud and a copy of the 1915 treaty between Bin Saud and the British government;
- reports of alleged correspondence between Bin Saud and Fakhri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Commander of the Turkish [Ottoman] forces at Medina;
- reports of the surrender of Medina by Ottoman forces;
- discussion as to whether Britain should intervene further in the dispute between Bin Saud and King Hussein;
- details of the proposals discussed at an inter-departmental conference on Middle Eastern affairs, which was held at Cairo in February 1919;
- reports that King Hussein's son Abdulla [ʿAbdullāh bin al-Ḥusayn] and his forces have been attacked at Tarabah [Turabah] by Akhwan forces and driven out.
The principal correspondents are the following:
- 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. , temporarily based in Baghdad [Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, acting Resident in Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox's absence];
- Civil Commissioner, Baghdad [held in an officiating capacity by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson];
- High Commissioner, Egypt (General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, succeeded by General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby);
- Milne Cheetham, 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. , Cairo;
- Secretary to 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. 's Political Department (John Evelyn Shuckburgh);
- Bin Saud;
- King Hussein;
- Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], son of King Hussein;
- Foreign Office;
- Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Montagu];
- Harry St John Bridger Philby.
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