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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [206r] (99/840)
The record is made up of 1 item (421 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1925-14 Dec 1926. 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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4. Hie Majesty’s Grovernra^nt are, however,
content to leave you to decide the erect procedure to
be adopted. The following information regarding the
policy of His Majesty’s Government towards the
Questions dealt with in the various articles of the
draft treaty, and towards such other Questions as may
be raised during your conversations with Ibn Saud, is
communicated to you for your guidance in the negotia
tions.
f>. In general, His Majesty^ Government con
sider that the treaty should include as little detail
oopsible, and they would prefer not to nrotract
the negotiation* unduly by the discussion of disputed
Questions; since such Questions nay be settled more
readily when a na* r treaty has been concluded.
6. In regard to the terms of the draft treaty
which accompanies this despatch. His Majesty’s Govern
ment wish, if possible, to retain the provision in the
second rentence of article 1 whereby each of the High
Contracting Parties undertakes to prevent the use of
his territory as a base for activities directed
against the other; but you may in the last resort
agree to the omission of this sentence if its inclusion
should be etrongly opposed by Ibn Saud, and if, in
your opinion, his opposition is unlikely to be overcome.
7. As regards Article 3, 1 am to explain that
the Government of India attach great importance to the
inclusion in the treaty of some provision which would
safeguard Indian Moslems during the pilgrimage, since
great indignation h«s been aroused in India by the
intolerance
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The papers cover the recognition of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies by foreign countries, and also contain:
- Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, KBE, CB, CMG, on his Mission to negotiate certain Agreements with the Sultan of Nejd, and Instruction issued to him in regard to his Mission , 1926 (ff 516-560)
- Negotiations for revision of the 1916 Treaty with Ibn Saud
- A conference held at the Colonial Office to discuss HM Government's relations with Ibn Saud, 1926
- Relations between Ibn Saud and Persia
- Agreement with the Sultan of Nejd regarding certain questions relating to the Nejd-Trans-Jordan and Nejd-Iraq frontiers , 1925 (ff 395-402)
- The Hejaz- 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 border.
The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 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. , the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.
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- File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.'
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