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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [195r] (398/408)
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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Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Sir G. Clayton to His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and of Nejd and its
Dependencies.
Your Majesty, , . , r s
I HAVE the honour to remind your Majesty that, m the course of our negotia
tions, which have happily resulted in the conclusion of a treaty of friendship and gooc
understanding between His Britannic Majesty and your Majesty, the question ot the
frontier between the Hejaz and
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
was discussed, and I explained to your
Majesty the position, as defined in a draft protocol submitted by me to you, which
His Majesty's Government have taken up on this question and to which they must
adhere^ Government re g ar d the above-mentioned frontier as being defined
as follows;—
" The frontier between the Hejaz and
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
starts from the inter
section of meridian 38° E. and parallel 29° 35' N. which marks the termination of
the frontier between Nejd and
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
, and proceeds in a straight line to
a point on the Hejaz Railway 2 miles south of Mudawwara. From this point it
proceeds in a straight line to a point on the Gulf of Aqaba 2 miles south oi the
town of Aqaba."
Respects.
GILBERT CLAYTON,
His Britannic Majesty's
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
Jeddah, May 19, 1927 {ISth Zul Qada, 1345).
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Ahdul-Aziz ihn Ahdul-Rahman al Faisal al Saud to His Britannic Majesty s
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
^ IN reply to your letter dated the 18th Zul Qa'da, 1345, on the subject of
the Hejaz-
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
frontier, we note that His Majesty's Government adhere to
their position, but we find it impossible, in the present circumstances, to effect a tina
settlement of this question. Nevertheless, in view of our true desire to maintain
cordial relations based on solid ties of friendship, we desire to express to your
Excellency our willingness to maintain the status quo m the Maan-Aqaba district, and
we promise not to interfere in its administration until favourable circumstances w il
permit a final settlement of this question.
(Sealed) ABDUL-AZIZ IBN ABDUL-RAHMAN AL SAUD.
19th Zul Qada, 1345 {May 21, 1927).
Enclosure 4 in No. 1.
Sir 0. Clayton to His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Nejd and its Dependencies.
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YOUr i^ aJ C o 8 ntinuation of our conversations relating to the question of the slave *
have the honour to inform your Majesty that His Britannic Majesty s Government
ft their duty to abstain at present from renouncing the right of manumitting slaves,
which has long been practised by His Majesty's consular officers, and which enables
them to liberate any slave who presents himself of his own free choice with a request
for liberation and repatriation to his country of origin. ^ +
I wish to assure your Majesty that His Britannic Majesty's Government s insistence
on this right is not intended to mean any interference in the affairs of your Governmen
or any infringement of your Majesty's sovereignty ; but that it is due to lis Britannic
Majesty's Government's resolve to carry out a duty which they owe to humanity,
would add that His Britannic Majesty's Government will be prepared to consider the
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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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- Title
- '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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