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Coll 34/12 'Slavery and Slave Trading: Measures to prevent slavery on the Trucial Coast' [232r] (463/473)
The record is made up of 1 file (235 folios). It was created in 25 Nov 1936-20 Dec 1945. 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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Enclosure 6.
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Sir R. Bullard to A rnir Feisal.(')
Your Royal Highness,
(After compliments.) Jedda, October 3, 1936.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Royal Highness’s
note of the 17th Rajah, 1355, corresponding with the 3rd October, 1936, in which
you recall the fact that the period of seven years specified in article 8 of the
Treaty of Jedda of the 20th May, 1927. corresponding with the 18th Zul Qa’da,
1345, expired on the 17th September, 1934, corresponding with the 8th Jumad
ath-Thani, 1353. and that under the said article the operation of the said treaty
may be terminated on six months’ notice of such termination being given by either
party to the other party. Your Royal Highness refers to the negotiations in
which our two Governments have been engaged for some time past with the object
of placing their relations on a more stable basis and to the fact that, animated
by a common desire to consolidate still further the friendly relations happily
existing between them, they have, as a result of those negotiations, agreed to
modify the conditions under which the said treaty may be terminated, and also
certain of the provisions of the said treaty and of the letters exchanged between
His Majesty King Abdul Aziz and Sir Gilbert Clayton at the time of the
conclusion of the treaty, subject to certain stipulations which have been agreed
upon and which are recited in your Royal Highness’s note under reference.
I have the honour to confirm, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government in the
United Kingdom, the agreement which has been reached and the stipulations to
which it is subject, as follows :—
1. Subject to what is set forth in the following paragraphs, the two Govern
ments have agreed reciprocally to renounce for a period of seven solar years from
to-dav’s date their l ight to give six months’ notice of their wish to terminate the
said treaty, as provided in article 8 thereof.
2. The following addition shall be made at the end of article 4 of the said
treaty relative to the disposal of the property of deceased pilgrims
“It is further agreed that the competent authorities of the Saudi
Arabian Government may, at the request of His Majesty’s Government in
the United Kingdom, conveyed through the diplomatic channel, sell such
property, or any part thereof, and hand the value thereof to the British
Legation in Jedda, subject to the formalities and collection of the dues
mentioned in this article.’’
3. As regards the provision in article 10 of the Treaty of Jedda which
reads “ but in case of divergence in the interpretation of any part of the treaty
the English text shall prevail,’ the two Governments agree to the deletion of this
provision from the treaty, article 10 of which shall consequently read as follows : —
“ The present treaty has been drawn up in English and Arabic. Both
texts shall be of equal validity. ’
4. His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom take note of the
reservation made in paragraph 4 of your Royal Highness s note under reference
with regard to the Aqaba-Ala an area, as set forth in the letter ot His Majesty
King Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia, to Sir Gilbert Clayton dated the
19th Zul Qa’da, 1345, corresponding with the 21st May, 1927, in reply to
Sir Gilbert Clayton’s letter of the 19th May, 1927, corresponding with the
18th Zul Qa'da, 1345. My Government, for their part, adhere to the position
defined in the said letter of Sir Gilbert Clayton.
5. It is agreed that His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom
renounce the right of manumission of slaves referred to in the letters addressed
by Sir Gilbert Clayton to His Majesty King Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia,
oh the 19th May,'1927, corresponding with the 18th Zul Qa'da, 1345, and His
Majesty's reply thereto of the 19th Zul Qa'da, 1345, corresponding with the
21st May, 1927. and will cease to exercise the said right as from the date of this
exchange of notes.
(>) Also printed in Treaty Series.
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Correspondence and minute papers concerning the slave trade in Saudi Arabia and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The papers consist of intelligence reports, parliamentary notices, memoranda, letters, and telegrams. Matters covered by the file include:
- Concern over a lack of application of anti-slavery legislation in Saudi Arabia, especially in the east
- British threats of bombardment and withdrawal of good offices given to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi
- Slave traffic coming from the Mekran [Makran] Coast
- A suspected slave market at Buraimi.
Principal correspondents include officials at 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. , Foreign Office, Admiralty, and Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Additional correspondence, usually included as enclosures, comes from: Amir Feisal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia; the 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. Agent, Sharjah; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; 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. , Bahrain; British Vice Consulate, Zahidan, East Iran; British Consulate, Kerman; and Sultan Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] of Muscat.
Folio 40 is an article on the slave trade in the Gulf taken from The Times , 18 July 1942.
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- 1 file (235 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 237; 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.
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- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 40v:107v, 116r:229r, 232r:236r, back-i, back
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