"ملفات 61/12 و 61/16 (D 80) معاهدة بين بان سعود والحكومة البريطانية" [ظ‎‎١‎٥‎٤] (٤٠٨/٣١٥)

A rticle 6,
All questions arising within Hejazi or Nejdi territory between subjects of His
Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their dependencies and subjects
of His Britannic Majesty or persons enjoying the protection ol His Britannic Majesty
shall be settled in Hejazi or Nejdi courts in accordance with the dictates of justice and
equality before the law.
Similarly, all such questions arising within the territories of His Britannic Majesty
or territories under the protection of His Britannic Majesty shall be settled in the
competent courts of those territories in accordance with the dictates of justice and of
equality before the law.
Article 7.
His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their dependencies
undertakes, as his fathers did before him, to refrain from all aggression on or
interference with the territories of Kuwait, Bahrain, and of the Sheikhs of Qatar and
the Oman Coast, who are under the protection of the Government of His Britannic
Majesty, and who have treaty relations with the said Government.
Article 8.
His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their dependencies
undertakes to co-operate with His Britannic Majesty in the suppression of the slave
trade.
Article 9.
The present treaty shall be ratified by each of the high contracting parties and
the ratifications exchanged as soon as possible. It shall come into force on the day of
the exchange of ratifications and shall be binding during seven years from that date.
In case neither of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other six
months before the expiration of the said period of seven years of his intention to
terminate the treaty, it shall remain in force and shall not be held to have terminated
until the expiration of six months from the date on which either of the parties shall
have given notice of termination to the other party.
Article 10.
The treaty concluded between His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of
the Hejaz and Sultan of Nejd and their dependencies (then Sultan of Nejd) on the
26th December, shall cease to have effect as from the date on which the present
treaty comes into force.
Article 11.
The present treaty has been drawn up in English and Arabic, and both texts shall
have the same validity, but in case of divergence the English text shall prevail.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Draft Protocol.
WHEREAS, with a view to fixing the frontier between Nejd and Transjordan and
settling certain questions connected therewith, an agreement known as the Hadda
Agreement was concluded between His Britannic Majesty's Government and the
Government of Nejd, and was signed at Bahra Camp on the 2nd November, 1925
(corresponding to the 15th Rabi' Thani, 134 I) ; and
AV hereas it is considered advisable by His Britannic Majesty's Government and by
the Governments of Transjordan and the Hejaz to come to an agreement regarding the
frontier between the Hejaz and Transjordan :
We, the undersigned. His Majesty Abdul Aziz-bin-Abdur Rahman-al-Feisal A1
Sand, King of the Hejaz and Nejd and its dependencies, and S. R. Jordan, acting
British agent and consul in Jeddah, the duly accredited plenipotentiary of His Britannic
Majesty, have agreed upon the following articles :—
The frontier between the Hejaz and Transjordan starts from the intersection of
meridian 38° and parallel 29° 35', which marks the termination of the frontier between
Nejd and Transjordan, 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 Akaba 2 miles south of the town of that name.
Signed, &c.
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