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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [466r] (619/840)
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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7. In any case, I am convinced that all Arabian
affairs should be controlled from London and that direct
intervention by the (rovemment of India should cease, even
in the Aden Protectorate. Any interests which India may
have should be safeguarded whenever necessary by the
nomal procedure of consultation with 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.
,
arabia and India are widely separated in tradition,
custom, mentality, mode of thought and lan^rua^e, and their
only connections are religious (in so far as Indian
Moslems are concerned) and to a limited extent comaercial.
6. .tha JL2I6, Iraaty .with ,lbn jaud.
I think it very desirable that a message should
be sent as soon as possible in the sense of the
recomendation made at the Jonference. Delay may mean
complications; other powers may ent^r the field and also
the situation in Arabia is always liable to change. The
Treaties of Hadda and of Bahra were concluded only just in
time and a few weeks later Ibn Baud would probably have
been much more insistent in his demands. Similarly, the
lon^r delay in the negotiations with the Imam fahya
resulted in a great change in his attitude, consequent
on his successes against the Idrisi and hia unaided
occupation of Hodaida.
It is also a point to bear in mind that news of a
projected treaty with Ibn Baud, followed by its actual
conclusion, is likely to have a very salutary effect on
the imam and may woll make him more amenable.
9. 1 agree entirely that the new treaty should
contain as little detail as possible and, above all,
nothing that can feed the suspicion, to which I have
already alluded, by being at all susceptible ot
interpretation as any restriction on independence or
liberty of action. A predominant position in respect of
other Powers, commercial preference, and
other similar advantages can best be secured when mutual
confidence
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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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