File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎185v] (58/840)

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Enclosure 7 in No. 1.
Government of India to 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. .
(Confidential.) o- 7 r ,
Si^ Simla, July 14, 1926.
I AM directed to refer to despatch 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 to His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated the 9th June, 1926.
2. The question raised is perhaps somewhat outside the present sphere of the
Government of India, to whom, however, the integrity of the Arab States bordering
on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. must be of some concern.
3. The Government of India support the recommendations made in para
graph 21 of 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. 's despatch, and think that the representation to
the Sultan of Nejd against interference with the Trucial chiefs might appropriately
be made in general form under the 1915 agreement, without any attempt being made
to define territorial limits. At the same time, they consider that the Trucial chiefs
should be warned not to have direct dealings with officials of the Nejd Government.
I have, &c.
DENYS BRAY
Enclosure 8 in No. 1.
Preliminary Draft.
Draft Protocol.
WHEREAS with a view to fixing the frontier between Nejd and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
and settling certain questions connected therewith, an agreement known as the
Hadda Agreement was concluded between His Britannic Majesty s Government and
the Government of Nejd, and was signed at Bahra Camp on the 2nd INovember, 1925
(corresponding to the 15th Rabi’ Thani, 1344) ; and
Whereas it is considered advisable by His Britannic Majesty’s Government and
by the Governments of Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan and the Hejaz to come to an agreement regarding
the frontier between the Hejaz and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan .
We, the undersigned, His Majesty Abdul Aziz-ibn-Abdur Rahman-al-Ieisal
A1 Saud, King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, and
S. R. Jordan, Acting British Agent and Consul in Jeddah, the duly accredited
plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty, have agreed upon the following articles
The frontier between the Hejaz and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan starts from the intersection of
meridian 38° and parallel 29° 35', which marks the termination of the frontier
between Nejd and Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , and proceeds in a straight line to a point on the
Hejaz Railway 2 miles south of Mudawwara. From this point it proceeds in a
straight line to a point on the Gulf of Akbara 2 miles south of the town of that name.
Signed, &c.
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