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File 488/1920 Pt 3 ‘Hedjaz:- Relations between H.M. Govt & King Hussein. Question of subsidy. Negotiations for conclusion of a treaty.’ [‎84v] (173/940)

The record is made up of 1 volume (466 folios). It was created in 25 May 1921-25 Aug 1925. It was written in English, French and Arabic. 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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Article 15.
His Britannic Majesty agrees to surrender within the territories of His
. Hls Britannic 1U “J ^ :„ muI1 ities, otherwise than as provided for m tins w
Majesty all privileges < d ^ sub - ctg and persons enjoying the protection of Hj
BritamdcMa^ty, in virtue of the Capitulations between Great Britain and Turkey,
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Article 10.
lt;* LTncLmOtp Maiestv agrees to notify the British agent m all cases where 1*
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suh ect or person enjoying the protection of His Britannic Majesty; and the Briti
agent shall be responsible for the deportation of the person indicated u-ithin,
reasonable time.
Article 17.
His Britannic Majesty hereby confirms his recognition of the flag of His Hashimitt
Maiesty, provided that when such flag is flown by vessels other than public ships K
His Hashimite Majesty the vessel flying it shall be registered at Jeddah or Yembo, (
at one or other clearly-specified seaport lying within the territories of His Hashiniitc
Majesty, and shall lie possessed of papers issued by His Hashimite Majesty in gener,
conformity with the certificates and documents customarily issued to their vessels k
the principal maritime States.
On his part, His Hashimite Majesty hereby confirms his recognition of the %
flown by merchant ships belonging to any parts of his BiitaiinK Majesty s dominions
to British-protected territory, or to territories under a Biitish mandate, provided tb
vessels flying such flags shall he possessed of the certificates and documents customari!
issued to their vessels by the principal maritime States.
Article 18.
Each of the high contracting parties hereby declares that he will not, during t:
continuance of this treaty, enter into any treaty, agreement or understanding witli
third party, directed against the interests of the other high contracting party.
Article 19.
No clause contained in this treaty shall override any obligations which may Iff-
been incurred, or may in the future be incurred, by either of the jhigh contract,
parties under the Covenant of the League of Nations, or under any convention wk
may be adopted by the League of Nations and entered into by either of the t"
parties.
Article 20.
Ihe present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged
Ion as soon as possible. It shall come into force immediately upon ratification,^
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London
shall be binding during seven years from the date of its coming into force,
neither of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other six mont
before the expiration of the said period of seven vears of his intention to terminate ,
treaty it shall remain in force until the expiration of six months from the day on^ 1
either of the high contracting parties shall have given such notice.
The present treaty has been drawn up in English and Arabic. One. copy 0 ea .
text will remain deposited in the archives of the Government of His EL 8
Majesty, and one copy of each text in those of the Government of His hn
Majesty.
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In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the pres
and have affixed their seals thereto.
Done in duplicate at London, the
to the
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, of the Mahommedan era.

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The volume contains papers concerning relations between the British Government and the King of Hedjaz [Hejaz or Al-Hijaz].

Most of the papers relate to negotiations between the British Government and King Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi over the terms of an Anglo-Hashimite treaty, and revisions to the draft treaty. These papers mainly consist of correspondence and copies of draft versions of the treaty.

The file also includes correspondence regarding:

  • The proposed subsidy to the King of the Hedjaz
  • The Foreign Office’s objection to the India Office’s suggestion that King Hussein should be persuaded to publicly recognise the religious suzerainty of the Sultan of Turkey as Khalif (Khaliph) over the Holy Places of the Hedjaz
  • King Hussein’s threat to abdicate on 27 February 1922, and the question of whether he should be allowed by the British Government to remain in Mecca in the event of his abdication
  • The Foreign Office’s request for the views of the Secretary of State for India (Viscount Peel) on the advisability of requiring King Hussein to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, as well as to accept the treaty with HM Government, as conditions which would need to be met before Hussein would be invited to visit Great Britain
  • The refusal of the British Government to enter into further negotiations with King Ali ibn Hussein al-Hashimi for the conclusion of the Anglo-Hashimite treaty, following King Hussein’s abdication in October 1924 (after military defeat by Ibn Saud), ‘so long as present unsettled conditions in the Hejaz continue’.

The correspondence (and copy correspondence) is mainly between the following: 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 (John Evelyn Shuckburgh, John Ernest William Flood), and the Foreign Office; 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. and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence; the Foreign Office and HM Agent and Consul at Jeddah (Major W E Marshall, Laurence Barton Grafftey-Smith, and Reader (William) Bullard, successively); the Foreign Office and Dr Naji el Assil, agent of King Hussein; the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the British Resident at Aden; and the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the High Commissioner of Palestine (Herbert Louis Samuel).

The volume includes a document entitled ‘Translation of a Report sent to His Majesty King Hussein 1st to Mecca’, signed Habib Lotfallah, Envoy Extraordinary of King Hussein, London, 24 October 1920, which includes translations in French and Arabic (folios 101 to 102).

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (466 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 488 (Pt 1-2 Arabia, and Pt 3 Hedjaz) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/880 and IOR/L/PS/10/881. The volumes are divided into three parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 468; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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English, French and Arabic in Latin script
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File 488/1920 Pt 3 ‘Hedjaz:- Relations between H.M. Govt & King Hussein. Question of subsidy. Negotiations for conclusion of a treaty.’ [‎84v] (173/940), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/881, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100085520014.0x0000ae> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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