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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [‎190v] (389/408)

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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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4. It is understood, however, that no claim will be made under this article to
the enjoyment of any special duties or charges which may be accorded by the Hejaz
and Nejd to the articles of any State in Arabia, or of any State the territory of which
in 1914 was wholly included in Asiatic Turkey and is contiguous to the Hejaz and
Nejd.
Article 7.
Each of the two High Contracting Parties undertakes to treat in every respect
the vessels of the other not less favourably than national vessels or the vessels of
the most favoured foreign country. This equality of treatment shall extend to the
right to import or export any goods which may be legally imported or exported and
to carry passengers outwards and inwards, and to any duties or charges levied on
the vessels, their cargoes and passengers, and also to facilities for the stationing,
loading and unloading of vessels in ports, docks, quays, harbours and roadsteads,
as well as to tonnage or other dues, charges and payments of all kinds levied on ships,
such as sanitary, port, quay, harbour, pilotage, quarantine, lighthouse and other / *
similar dues levied in the name of or for the profit of the Government, public
functionaries, private individuals, corporations or establishments of any kind.
The two High Contracting Parties undertake that imported or exported goods
shall not be subjected anywhere in their territories to any differential due, surtax,
charge or disability of any kind .based on the flag of the ship by which the goods are
imported or exported, and to the detriment of the flags of either of the two High
Contracting Parties.
Article 8.
The provisions of this treaty relating to the mutual concession of national treat
ment in matters of navigation do not apply to the coasting trade, in respect of which
the subjects and vessels of each of the High Contracting Parties shall enjoy in the
territories of the other, treatment as favourable as that accorded to any other foreign
country.
In the event of the coasting trade of either party being exclusively reserved to
national vessels, the vessels of the other party may nevertheless proceed from one
port to another, either for the purpose of landing the whole or part of their cargoes
or passengers brought from abroad, or of taking on board the whole or part of their
cargoes or passengers for a foreign destination. Such vessels shall, moreover, if
engaged in trade to or from places not within the limits of the coasting trade so
reserved, not be prohibited from the carriage between two ports of the territories of
the first'party of passengers holding through tickets or merchandise consigned on
through bills of lading to or from places not within the above-mentioned limits, and
while engaged in such carriage these vessels and their passengers and cargoes shall q
enjoy the full privileges of this treaty.
Article 9.
1. His Britannic Majesty may, through his Representative at Jedda, give
notice of his desire that the present treaty shall apply to any British Colony or
Protectorate or to any mandated area administered by his Government in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and from the date of the said
notice the treaty shall be in force as between the Hejaz and Nejd and the territory
specified in such notice. C. 1
2. Either of the High Contracting Parties shall have the right to terminate
the application of the treaty to any territory to which it shall have been made
applicable under this article at any time on giving twelve months' notice to that
effect.
Article 10.
1. His Britannic Majesty may, by a notification made by his Representative at
Jedda, accede to the present treaty in respect of any of His Majesty's self-governing
Dominions. .
2. After the expirv of a period of nine years from the coming into force of the
present treaty, either of the High Contracting Parties may, by giving twelve months'
notice, terminate the application of the treaty to any of His Majesty's self-governing
Dominions in respect of which notification of accession has been given under
paragraph 1 of this article.

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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.

Extent and format
1 volume (200 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

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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