THE MECCA AGREEMENT. Praise be to God alone! Between the King of the Hejaz, Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, and the Imam Sayed el Hassan Ibn Ali el Idrisi. With a view to the unity of the word, to the preservation of the existence of the Arab countries, and to the consolidation of relations between the princes of the Arah peninsular, the following Agreement has been reached between His Majesty the King of the Hejaz, Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman Al Faisal Al Saud and His Lordship the Imam of Asir the Sayed el Hassan Ibn Ali el Idrisi: Article 1. His Lordship the Imam, Sayed el Hassan Ibn Ali el Idrisi, recognises by this Agreement the ancient frontiers (hudud) which were mentiored in the Agreement of the 10th Safar, 1339, between the Sultan of Nejd and the Imam, Sayed Mohammed Ibn Ali el Idrssi, 9 and which were, at that date, subject to the Idrisis, as being under the suzerainty of His Majesty the King of the Hejaz, Sultan of Neja and its Dependencies. Article 2. The Imam of Asir may not enter into political negotiations with any Government nor grant any economic concessions to any person except with the sanction of His Majesty the King of the Hejaz, Sultan of Neja and its Dependencies. Article 3. The Imam of Asir may not declare war or make peace except with the sanction of His Majesty the King of the Hejaz, Sultan of Neja and its Dependencies,
