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File 7251/1920 Pt 3 'Arabia: Situation and Policy; Agenda for Inter Departmental Committee Meetings' [204r] (44/268)
The record is made up of 1 item (133 folios). It was created in 25 Jun 1920-4 Dec 1920. 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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that the treaty, when concluded, is laid before the League of Nations. It would,
however, be undesirable that the financial support should take the form of an uncon
ditional subsidv. King Hussein was heavily subsidised during the war, when he led
the Arab revolt which was supported exclusively by His Majesty’s Government. His
subsidy has been gradually reduced, and for the last seven months he lias received no
payments at all. His attitude towards His Majesty’s Government has entire 1 y
changed, and he accuses them openly of having led him during the war to expect a
positTon which he now sees he is unlikely to obtain.
* On the 19th July the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs circulated a memo
randum tAppendix (Dj) to the Cabinet appealing for an early decision on the question,
of financial support f »r King Hussein, but the matter remains under consideration.
Since that date matters have gone from bad to worse, and the withdrawal of financial
support, coupled with the action of the French in Syria, has confirmed King Hussein
in the suspicions with which he regards the Allied Powers, and especially His Majesty’s
Government. Whatever may be decided about <>ur relations with the other rulers of
Arabia, it is essential, if we are to preserve our prestige in the Moslem world, that steps
should be taken without delay to restore confidence in the mind of the guardian of the
Holy Places of Islam.
7. The Aden Protectorate was excluded from the Aden peninsula as defined in the
draft treaty more because its inclusion would have given rise to the impression that it
was a matter for discussion than because the position of His Majesty’s Government in
the protectorate, as opposed to the fortress itself, differs materially from the position for
which they now demand recognition from the Allied Powers. Between the fortress and
what used to be the Turkish Empire are a number of small tribes, with all of whom
His Maiesty’s Government are in treaty relations and who receive purely nominal
stipends. The total expenditure under this head amounts to 70,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
a year, and
no alteration in the existing system could well be contemplated unless at some time
His Majesty’s Government were to consider the readjustment of the protectorate
frontier. This question does not come within the scope ot the present discussion.
8 It is clear that His Majesty’s Government cannot demand a special position in
the Arabian peninsula, exclusive of the Hedjaz and Aden, without undeitaking
corresnonding obligations. _ . . -i , i
Article 4 of the draft treaty lays down that Great Britain will undertake to use
her influence to secure for the commerce and navigation of all high contracting parties,
while engaging in lawfful enterprise, treatment as favourable as that she may be able to
Article 5 refers to the predominant interests of Great Britain m the maintenance
of the peace and prosperity of the Arabian peninsula, and provides that the hig,
contracting parties should agree to respect any treaties on the general lines of those
already cfncluded between His Majesty’s Government and the rulers of the said
by His Majesty’s Government in
addition to those defined in.article 4 as being .
(i.) Arbitration in all disputes.
(ii.) Protection from attacks by sea. , •
(iii.) Guarantee of independence without interference in internal affairs.
In return for these benefits the chiefs are to engage to keep open the roads leading
to the Holy Places not to enter into treaties with other foreign Powers, and not to
ahenate territory or grant concessions without the consent of His Majesty s Government.
q What do these obligations involve ? ,. ,
They cle.rly postulated state of affairs under which the respective rulers recognise
iney cieuiy jjuo . , ^ ^ rr- (Government. This cannot be
the necessity ot meeting the wishes of His A ,, F V mi those whose
ensured bv fear of aggressive action being taken against them. ^ ,
nner to the exclusion of otneis It , ie8 reac b the blockaded ruler, even
there is invariablv some loophole by 11. ii f • ndlv to His MMesty’s
•Uwgb .i„ or "l™ JZKL“pL*"ogh,dii
SSrlo.. VlTbotod blockaded be would reeei.e them though Bab.e.u
and Koweit, and so on.
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This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Nejd, 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 , Hejaz, Yemen, and the Idrisi state, as well as policy in Arabia more generally. Correspondence comes from 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, War Office, the 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 Aden, the Office of the High Commissioner in Palestine, the Office of the High Commissioner in Cairo, the Office of the High Commissioner in Iraq, and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Jeddah. Further correspondence comes from King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the Hejaz, his sons Emir Abdullah [ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] and Emir Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], the French Ambassador in London, and officials of the German and United States Governments.
This part deals with relations between Nejd and the neighbouring territories 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 , the Hejaz, Yemen, and the Idrisi state. Matters covered include the supply of Arms to the Idrisi, control of Hodeidah and the proposed withdrawal of the British garrison there, the British subsidy to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]of Nejd, efforts to reach an agreement between the Hejaz and Nejd, trouble along the 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 boundary involving the Ikhwan and local tribes, and future British policy in the region.
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