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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [‎115r] (236/408)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (200 folios). It was created in 19 Apr 1923-10 Mar 1930. 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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Paraphrase. r.Jordan
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12th Joe en! or, 1926.
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Treaty with Ibn baud.
in view of objections of Ibn »>aud to several
article® in draft treaty and their desire to include others
o| a contentious nature, thereby rendering impossible
treaty in generil terms as desired by iiis ajesty 's
Government, i was forced to interrupt negotiations
yesterday in order to refer matters to you.
Throughout the negotiations the friendliest
relations have been maintained (? and) provisional
arrangements have been made for rcsumotion of negotiations
next arch.
I consider it necessary that we should return
to ^ngland to put matter before you in detail mi
(icroup undecypnerable) necessary memoranda.
i propose to leave edina on I4ih jeceraber
arriving Jeddah 16th December and subject to your
approval to leave Jeddah ixth December reacnixi^; ^oodea
early in January.
I should be glad if instruotionB could be sent
to (^roup ondecy leralle, V tainter).
If you approve Antonius will coniaunicate with
High Gocnissioner of Palestine direct.

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The volume mostly consists of correspondence concerning the relations between Britain and Ibn Sa'ud, with a specific focus on the negotiation and signing of the Treaty of Jeddah. The majority of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah and the Foreign and Colonial Offices in London. Copies were often sent to 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 Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, and the High Commissioners in Baghdad and Jerusalem.

The volume follows the evolution of the Treaty:

  • Britain's initial reluctance, due to their official friendship with King Hussein, to engage with the issue prior to Ibn Sa'ud's conquest of the Hejaz;
  • how this event then gave cause for the Bahra and Hadda agreements of November 1925;
  • the negotiations between Ibn Sa'ud and Gilbert Clayton in early 1927 leading to the signing of the Treaty of Jeddah on 20 May that year and its ratification in August.

At the end of the volume (folios192-196) is Clayton's final report on his mission to the Hejaz and includes a copy of the Treaty.

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1 volume (200 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.

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Foliation: the sequence starts on the first folio and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and written in the top right corner of each folio. There are the following irregularities: ff 1A-1C; f 185A; ff 78-84 are those of a booklet, stored in an envelope (f 77A). There is a second sequence that is also written in pencil but is not circled and is inconsistent.

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