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Coll 6/32 'Turkey: Turco-Hejaz Relations: Turkish representative at Jeddah.' [8r] (15/96)
The record is made up of 1 file (46 folios). It was created in 18 May 1926-23 Jan 1937. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT.
EASTERN (Arabia).
January 1%; 1981'.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 3.
1041
[E 237/287/25
No. 1.
1931
Sir A. Ryan to Mr. A. Henderson.—{Receined January 19, 193T7y
(No. 374.)
Sir,
Jedda, December 30, 1930.
I HAVE the honour to enclose herewith a copy of a Green Book issued by
the Hejaz-Nejd Government containing the text of the treaty between the Hejaz-
Nejd and Turkey, which was signed by Fuad Bey Hamza and Abdul Gliani
Seni Bey, the Turkish representative here, at Mecca on the 3rd August, 1929.( J )
I enclose a translation of the preliminary portion of the treaty, which is followed
by the text of the articles as given in translation in the enclosure in Mr. Edmond’s
despatch from Constantinople, No. 161 of the 21st May last.
2. The Green Book also contains the following texts, viz. :—
A decree of Ibn Sand, dated the 21st November, 1930, approving the treaty.
Notes exchanged between Seni Bey and Fuad Bey Hamza on the
9th December, 1930, recording the promulgation of the Turkish law of
the 15th May, 1930, sanctioning the treaty, and a subsequent agreement
that the ratifications should be exchanged at Jedda instead of Angora.
The protocol of exchange of ratifications signed by Fuad Bey Hamza and
Seni Bey on the 10th December, 1930.
IN the name of God the Most Merciful, the Compassionate.
Praise be to God alone. Prayers and peace be upon the last Prophet.
We, Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdurrahman-al-Faisal-Al-Saud, King of the Hejaz,
Nejd and its Dependencies.
Whereas a Treaty of Friendship has been concluded between us and his
Excellency the President of the Turkish Republic, with a view to establishing
and strengthening the relations between our countries, and signed by a
plenipotentiary on behalf of his Excellency and a plenipotentiary on our behalf,
both being fully and mutually authorised, at Mecca Mukarrama on the twenty-
seventh day of Safar, in the year one thousand three hundred and forty-eight
Hejri (corresponding to the 3rd August, 1930).
It is as follows :—
In the name of God the Most Merciful, the Compassionate.
The Kingdom of Hejaz, Nejd and its Dependencies on the one part, and the
Turkish Republic on the other,
Being desirous of strengthening, of firmly establishing and of placing on a
basis of mutual good understanding the sincere friendly relations existing
between them,
Have decided to conclude a Treaty of Friendship and Good Understanding.
For this purpose His Majesty the King of the Hejaz, Nejd and its
Dependencies appointed his Excellency Fuad Bey Hamza, Acting Minister for
Foreign Affairs, and his Excellency the President of the Turkish Republic
appointed his Excellency Abdul Ghani Seni Bey, the representative of the
Turkish Republic in the Hejaz, as plenipotentiaries on their behalf.
ANDREW RYAN
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Preamble.
(9 Not printed.
[7 t 3]
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This file, which mostly consists of copies of received Foreign Office correspondence, concerns relations between the Hejaz (later Saudi Arabia) and Turkey.
The correspondence includes discussion of the following:
- The appointment of a Turkish representative in the Hejaz, in October 1926.
- Turkish policy in Arabia.
- The conclusion of a treaty of friendship between the two countries (signed on 3 August 1929 and ratified on 10 December 1930), under which Turkey formally recognises the independence of the Hejaz.
In addition to correspondence, the file contains a copy of a translation of the preamble to the aforementioned treaty, together with a copy of a translation of the protocol of exchange of ratifications.
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 (46 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 48; 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 1-47; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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