مجموعة ٦ / ٦٧ (١) "حدود جنوب شرق الجزيرة العربية وقطر". [و‎‎١‎٩‎٢] (٧٩٤/٣٨٨)

suggested that we should aim at concluding a treaty on broad lines for the
moment, accompanied by an undertaking to conclude, as soon as this could
conveniently be arranged, a detailed treaty in regard to other matters outstanding
s ugg? ste d that the guarantee of independence should be to the effect that
.^the British Government recognises Ibn Baud as independent ruler of Neid,
Wlasa and Qatif, and guarantees hereditary succession to his dynasty ’’
H.M. Government approved, but (on the proposal of the India Office) suggested
that the new treaty should also cc contain a clause binding Ibn Baud, subiect to
eventual definition of boundaries, not to interfere with Koweit, Bahrein, El Katr
and the Trucial Chiefs.” There is nothing on record to show the precise obiect
of the reference to a subsequent delimitation.
189. Discussions were pursued on this basis between Sir Percy Cox and
Ibn Baud in April 1915. The British draft and the draft submitted by Ibn Baud
on the points now under consideration were then as follows :
British Draft. Ibn Sand's Draft.
Article I. The British Govern
ment do acknowledge and admit that
Nejd, El Hasa and Qatif, and their
territories and ports on the shores of
the Persian Gulf are the territory of
Ibn Baud and his fathers before him,
and do hereby recognise the said Ibn
Baud as the independent Ruler thereof,
and after him his sons and descen
dants, etc
Article VI. Ibn Baud undertakes,
as his fathers did before him, to refrain
from all aggression on or interference
with the territories of Koweit,
Bahrain, Qatar and the Oman coast,
or other tribes and Chiefs who are
under the protection of the British
Government, and the limits of whose
territories shall be hereafter deter
mined.
190. H.M. Government gave Sir
alternatives suggested by Ibn Baud.
Article I. The British Govern
ment do acknowledge and admit that
Nejd, El Ilasa, Qatif, Jubail, their
dependencies and territories, vjhich
will be discussed and determined here
after, and their territories and ports
on the shores of the Persian Gulf are
the countries of Ibn Baud and of his
fathers before him, and do hereby
recognise the said Ibn Baud as indepen
dent Ruler thereof and as absolute
chief of their tribes, and after him his
sons, etc
Article VI. Ibn Baud undertakes,
as his fathers did before him, to refrain
from all aggression on or interference
with the territories of Koweit, Bahrain,
the Sheikhs of Qatar and the Oman
coast who are under the protection of
the Exalted Government and have
treaty relations, and the limits of their
territories shall be hereafter deter
mined.
Percy Cox a discretion as regards the
Agreement between Ibn Rashid and Ibn Saud, KEA June 1915.
191. On the 10 tljL June 1915 Ibn Saud reached an agreement with Saud bin
Abdul Aziz Ibn Rashid. Its terms are of some interest as showing the extent
at the time of Ibn Baud’s tribal claims. The agreement provided “ that Nejd
and all the interior from A1 Kahaf to the valley of Duwasir and all territories
of Ibn Saud and the encampments of Matair, Ataiba, Harb, Bani Abdulla,
Ajman, A1 Morra, A1 Manasir, Bani Hajer, Sabia, A1 Sahul, Qahtauf, and A1
Duwasir, and everybody included among them, are subjects of Ibn Saud. I,
Ibn Rashid, have nothing to do with them ”
Treaty of 26th December 1915 between H.M. Government and Ibn Baud.
192. After further discussions between Sir Percy Cox and Ibn Saud, a treaty
was finally signed on 26th December 1915. The Saudi draft of Article I, as set
out in paragraph 189 above, was accepted. It appeared that the reason for the
Saudi version was that Jubail was the locality where Ibn Baud’s limits on the
coast approached those claimed by Koweit, and that for that reason he wished to
have it specified. As it was well outside the boundary accepted by H.M. Govern
ment for Koweit in their negotiations with the Turks, Sir Percy Cox saw no
objection to its acceptance.
3076
I.O. to F.O.,
30.1.15.
P. 350/15.
F.O. to I.O.,
2.2.15.
Tel. to Vic.,
1.2.15.
P.R. to Gr. of
I., 1318 B.,
26.6.15,
P. 2832/15.
P. 2966/15.
P. 772/16.
P. 668/16.
P.R. to Gr. of
L, No. 35 C.,
3.1.16.
Aitch. XII,
No. ii,
pp. 206-8.
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