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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [189v] (387/408)
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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in the United Kingdom on the other, in respect of which notice to that effect is given
by His Majesty's Government, whether its application to such Colony, &c., is
agreeable to the Hejazi Government or not. Consideration has been given to the
point. It is, however, now customary to embody a clause in this form in all similar
treaties negotiated by His Majesty's Government, and other Powers have found no
difficulty in agreeing to its inclusion. There is no question, moreover, of the
accession of Iraq to the treaty under this article to which the Hejazi Government
might wish more particularly to make objection, since Iraq is not a mandated
territory. In these circumstances it is not considered necessary or desirable to
modify this article to meet the point raised in your despatch.
It has now been decided that no attempt shall be made to include Iraq in the
present negotiations. The protocol relating to Iraq attached to the previous draft
has therefore been abandoned.
3. When you submit the draft treaty to the Hejazi Government, I shall be glad
if, in addition to giving them the explanation referred to in connexion with article 6
above, you will inform them, on behalf of the Government of India, that the Indian
States have the right to impose duties, which may not be the same as British Indian
duties, but that under the tariffs of those States, whatever those tariffs may be, the
produce of the Hejaz and Nejd will receive treatment not less favourable than that
accorded to the produce of any other foreign nation.
4. In paragraphs 2-5 of your despatch under reply, you drew my attention to
the fact that the proposals of His Majesty's Government are, in your opinion, likely
to make a somewhat disappointing impression upon the Hejazi Government. This
aspect of the question is being dealt with in a separate despatch.
I am, &c.
ARTHUR HENDERSON.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Draft Anglo-Hejazi Treaty of Commerce and 'Navigation.
P reamble.
HIS Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions
beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of the Hejaz, Nejd
and its Dependencies,
Desiring to facilitate and extend still further the trade and commerce of their
respective countries and to regulate by means of a treaty the commercial relations
between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India and such other territories
under the sovereignty, protection or authority of His Britannic Majesty as he may
desire should be bound by the treaty on the one side and the Hejaz and Nejd on the
other side.
Have resolved to conclude a treaty for this purpose and have appointed as their
plenipotentiaries :—
His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions
beyond the Seas, Emperor of India,
For Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
A B.
For India,
CD.
His Majesty the King of the Hejaz, Nejd and its Dependencies,
E.F.
who, having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have
agreed as follows :—
Article 1.
The territories of the High Contracting Parties to which the present treaty
applies are, on the part of His Britannic Majesty, Great Britain and Northern
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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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- 'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt'
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- 189v:191r, 194r:195r, 154r:154v, 125r:125v, 108r:108v
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