'File 12/C(2) Najd Mission: operation of blockade' [‎105r] (209/378)

In the Name of God the Merciful and Compassionate.
Preamble.
The Hi^i British Government on its own part, and Abdul Aziz bin
Abdur Rahman bin Faisal Al-Saud, Ruler of Najd, SI Hassa, 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 strengthening the friendly relations
which have for a long time existed between the t^o parties, and
with a view to consolidating their resoective interests— the
British Government have named and apooiiited Lieutenant- Colonel
Sir.Perc Cox, K.C.S.I, K.C.I.E., British Resident in the Persian
Gulf, as their Plenipotentiary, to conclude a treaty for this
purpose with Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman bin Faisal Al-Saud,
The said Lieutentant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox and Abdul Aziz bin
Abdur Rahman bin Faisal Al-Saud, hereafter known as " Bfn Saud"
have agreed upon and concluded the follo^inr articles:-
( 1 ),
The British Government do acknowledge and'admit that Nn.jd, A1
Hasa, Qatif and Jubail, and their dependencies and territories,
which will be discussed and determined hereafter, ar<M their ports
on the shores of the Persian ^ulf are the countries of Bind Saud
and of his fathers before him, and do hereby recognise the said
Bin Saud as the independent Ruler thereof and absolute Chief of
. _ A
t eir tribes, and after him his sons and decendants by inheritance;
bub the selection of the individual shnll 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 terns mentioned in this Treaty,
( 11 ).
In the event of aggression of any Foreign Power on the
territories of the countries of the said Bin Baud and his
descendants without reference to the ritish Government and
without giving her an opportunity of com uni eating with Bin Saud
and composing the matter, the British Government will aid Bin
Saud to such extent and in such
a manner