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Coll 30/94 'Bahrain: Extradition Treaty between Bahrain & Saudi Arabia.' [12r] (25/32)
The record is made up of 1 file (14 folios). It was created in 26 Sep 1932-19 Jan 1933. 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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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.
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251 h 3 ept anb e r, 1932
Dear ParRinson,
Please refer to Sir Hugh Biscoe T s D.u. No.426-3 of
27th June on the subject of an extradition treaty between
Bahrain and Nejd.
2. A reply was received from prior -
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.
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Bahrain - enclosing a draft of a treaty on the lines of the
Hejaz-Iraq Agreement. There ensued some correspondence
between Sir Hugh and Prior on the point of the insertion, or
omission, of a clause stating that escaped slaves should not
be surrendered. Prior was for the insertion of such a
clause, and 3ir Hugh for its omission. There would seem to
be arguments for both points of view.
3. oh at I can make up my mind on is the undesirability
of having such a treaty at all: on general principles the
fewer agreements we have with the semi-civilised potentates
and Shaikhs of Arabia the better. Alien a treaty is made
Hie Hajesty f 9 Government abide by the letter and the spirit,
or see to it that their protdgds - if it is the latter who
have made the agreement - do so. The Arabian potentate
generally abides by neither the spirit nor the letter.
With regard to the proposed treaty in particular. Prior
writes:
M The moving factor behind the treaty is the
?1 Bf fendi
A. 0. 0. Parkinson, Bso., 0.11.1., O.B.u.,
Colonial office,
London.
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The file concerns the possibility of an extradition treaty between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, earlier referred to as Nejd [Najd],
The file includes a letter 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle), dated 26 September 1932, in which he raises the question of the status of slaves under any such treaty, and states that the suggestion of a treaty had come from Ibn Saud [Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Fowle's view is that it was undesirable to have any such treaty at all, until the Government of Saudi Arabia raised the issue, and this view is endorsed in subsequent correspondence and minutes from the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, 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. , and the Government of India.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (14 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 14; these numbers are printed 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. The front and back covers have not been foliated.
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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