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'Files 61/12 and 61/16 (D 80) Treaty between Bin Saud and H. M. Govt' [‎195v] (399/408)

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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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> 7 .
abolition of the right of manumission as^soon as it becomes clear to both parties that
the co-operation stipulated in article 8 of the Treaty of Jeddah has resulted in the
enforcement of such practical measures as to render the exercise of the right of
manumission no longer necessary.
I trust that your Majesty will appreciate the attitude of His Britannic Majesty's
Government in this matter and that you will see lit to acquiesce in the procedure which
I have described above.
Respects.
GILBERT CLAYTON,
His Britannic Majesty's
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
Jeddah, May 19, 1927 {ISth Zul Qa'da, 1345).
Enclosure 5 in No. 1.
Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdul-Rahman al Faisal al Saud to His Britannic Majesty's
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
(Translation.)
IN reply to your Excellency's letter No. 2, dated the 18th Zul Qa'da, 1345
(19th May, 1927), relating to the manumission of slaves, I am confident that the British
agent at Jeddah will always act in accordance with the spirit in which our agreement
was arrived at, and that he will not permit any confusion as this might have
undesirable effects on the administrative and economic aspects of this question.
Respects.
(Sealed) ABDUL-AZIZ IBN ABDUL-RAHMAN AL SAUD.
mh Zul Qa'da, 1345 (May 21, 1927).
Enclosure 6 in No. 1.
Sir G. Clayton to His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Nejd and its Dependencies.
Your Majesty,
WITH reference to the proposal put forward by your Majesty for the inclusion in
the treaty of an article providing that His Britannic Majesty's Government should take
no measures to prevent the purchase and importation of whatever arms, war material,
ammunition, machines or implements which the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd
may require for their own use, I have the honour to inform your Majesty that His
Britannic Majesty's Government are of the opinion that this is a question which need
not be dealt with in the body of the main treaty.
I am, however, empowered by His Britannic Majesty's Government to inform your
Majesty that the embargo oq the export of war materials to Arabia has been removed,
and that, if your Majesty should see fit to place orders for arms, ammunition and war
material with British manufacturers, in accordance with the conditions set forth in the
Arms Traffic Convention (1925), for the use of the Government of the Hejaz and Nejd,
His Britannic Majesty's Government will not prevent the export thereof or place any
obstable to their importation into your Majesty's territories.
I shall endeavour, in answer to your Majesty's desire, to present your Majesty with
a copy of the convention referred to above as soon as may be.
Respects.
GILBERT CLAYTON,
His Britannic Majesty's
Commissioner and Plenipotentiary.
Jeddahy May 19, 1927 (18^ Zul Qa'da, 1345).

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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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