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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [368r] (423/840)
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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363
Minute Paper
V
Department.
O
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(Ras-ul-Kheimah. Aba Dhabi, Debai,
Shurjah , Ajman, Um al Kawain).
these chiefs signed the General Treaty ( see
In
Bahrein (a) ) prescribing perpetual abstention from
plunder and piracy by land and sea and from irregular
(i*e. unproclaimed) war; registration of dhows; peace
i
with the British Government; abstention from the
carrying off or transport of slaves; free entry of their
ships into British ports; M and if any shall attack
x
them the British Government shall take notice of it M .
\
x* M Them ,, , in the context, appears to mean the
ships of the signatory chiefs: but it
may mean the Chiefs.
In 1838 1839 and 1847 agreements were entered into by
these chiefs for the suppression of slave trade, and for
the search and, if necessary, seizure by British warships
of any of their vessels suspected of engaging in this
trade.
In 1843 a Maritime Truce for ten years was signed by
these Chiefs,“being fully impressed with a sense of the
evil consequences arising from our subjects and
dependents being prevented from carrying on the pearl
|fishery without interruption on the banks, owing to the
various feuds existing among ourselves**. This Truce
cancelled the right of the Chiefs, implied in the
general Treaty of 1820, to wage regular war on each other*
Under the Truce they agreed to refer disputes and cases
of aggression to the decision 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.
.
In 1853 the Truce was renewed in perpetu-ty.
Iru 1892 Exclusive agreements were signed by all t£e
Trucial Chiefs on behalf of themselves their heirs and
successors, that they will on no account enter into any
agreement
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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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