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Coll 17/1 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Bon Voisinage Agreement and Extradition; Treaty of Friendship, 1936' [‎362r] (723/857)

The record is made up of 1 file (428 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1931-6 May 1940. 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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Decypher. Sir A. Ryan (Jedda).
Pobruary 27, 1931
D. 6.30 p.m. February 27, 1931.
R. 9.40 p.m. February 27, 1931.
No. 47.
Discussion which I should have preferred to await at
this stage was forced on me. I was greatly taken aback by
contents of newspapers which Yusuf Yasin produced. I could
only admit that they misrepresent facts of the situation. I
felt it was necessary to make immediate efforts to sooth out
raged foelings of Ibn Baud who is clearly much incensed by
attempts to involve him in Arab alliance project. I tried to
minimize its importance in present circumstances without
expressing any view as to its merits. I suggested allowance
should be made for difficulties of Nuri Fasha in country which
unlike this had parliamentary institution and active press.
Whilst I deprecated proposed publication in Mecca newspapers
I aid not press the point on learning it had already gone
forward. Yusuf Yasin said it would restore things to their
true proportion and I said I did not think it would do any
particular ham although I should have personally preferred
it to be postponed.
Later in the day I received your telegram No. 32. I will
endeavour to Keep off the whole subject as far as possible
during remainder of the King’s visit. I appreciate your reason
for not wishing to express any views of your own at present but
I feel that prospect of successful negotiations between princi
pals is already much impaired and that they will fail unless
feis Majesty’s Government eventually take hand in composing
differences.
Addressed to Foreign Office No. 47 repeated to Baghdad
No. 70.

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This file contains papers regarding relations between the Government of Iraq and the Government of Hejaz and Najd (later Saudi Arabia). It documents negotiations for the conclusion of the 1931 Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement, Arbitration Protocol and Extradition Treaty, and the 1936 Treaty of Friendship (also referred to as the Treaty of Alliance). It includes discussions on: the treatment of tribal and political offenders; proposals for an alliance or federation of Arab states; customs arrangements between Iraq and Saudi Arabia; the first Iraqi diplomatic mission to Najd and the Hejaz in 1932; delimitation of the border; abolition of the neutral zone at Tawal [Tawāl]; and an agreement concerning the rights of the Shammar tribes.

The papers primarily comprise correspondence between the Foreign Office, HM Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, later Stonehewer-Bird), the High Commissioner for Iraq (Francis Henry Humphrys), and 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. Political Department. The file also contains correspondence between these officials and the Iraqi and Saudi Ministries for Foreign Affairs, as well as translations of notes communicated by the Iraqi Prime Minister (Nuri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ) and Ibn Sa'ud ['Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūd].

In addition to the correspondence, the following treaty texts and minutes are found within the file:

  • Draft texts of the Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Treaty, Arbitration Protocol and Extradition Treaty, signed at Mecca on 7-8 April, ff 269-280.
  • Memorandum by HM Embassy at Iraq on the proposed Iraqi-Saudi Treaty of Friendship, ff 171-172.
  • English translations of drafts of the proposed treaty, ff 183-186, 153-160.
  • English translation of the version of the Treaty of Friendship signed on 2 April 1936, ff 110-139.
  • Notes on the Saudi-Iraq Boundary dispute, ff 105-108.
  • English translation of the Residence and Passport Agreement between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, signed 1936, ff 88.
  • Notes on a meeting between Maurice Peterson and the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1939, ff 73-75.

The file includes dividers which give lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence (folios 2-3).

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1 file (428 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 428; 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 in parallel between ff 2-427; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Coll 17/1 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Bon Voisinage Agreement and Extradition; Treaty of Friendship, 1936' [‎362r] (723/857), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2845, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100043703124.0x00007e> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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