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'File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)' [214r] (427/434)
The record is made up of 1 volume (219 folios). It was created in 21 May 1923-9 Sep 1929. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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PROCLAMATION.
I have yesterday enacted, as a measure of public urgency, the Courts (Amendment) Or
dinance, 1929, to provide that the Courts of trial for criminal cases arising out of the recent dis
orders shall be composed of British judges.
Representations have been made to me, which point to a belief in the minds of certain
people that the trial of persons charged with criminal acts is to be confined to one section
of the population. This belief does not correctly interpret the intentions of Government, which
are that, since crimes of various descriptions are known to have been perpetrated by both
Arabs and Jews, all offenders without distinction of race or creed will be brought to trial
before the Courts to be set up under the Ordinance enacted by me yesterday.
The Secretary of State for the Colonies has to-day made the following announcement:-
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"Instructions were issued some days ago by the Palestine Government for
" the collection of evidence before it disappeared as to whether the disorders which
" commenced on the 23rd August were spontaneous or preconcerted. In the mean-
" time, while His Majesty's Forces are actively co-operating with the Palestine
Government in restoring order, energetic steps are being taken by the civil autho-
" rities to bring to trial guilty individuals. Many arrests have been made and con-
siderable progress has already been made in dealing with summary cases. Special
" measures are being taken to provide for impartial tribunals to cope with what
" will probably be a large number of cases.
"At the request of the High Commissioner the Secretary of State for the
" Colonies is appointing a Commission of Inquiry which will proceed to Palestine
" this month to inquire into the immediate causes which have led to the recent
" outbreak, including the extent to which it may be regarded as having been pre-
" concerted or due to organised action.
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" The Chairman of the Commission will be Sir Walter Shaw, late Chief
" Justice of the Straits Settlements, and there will be associated with him three
Members of Parliament, selected one from each of the three political parties.
" In view of the suggestions which have been made in certain quarters, the
" Secretary of State desires to make it clear that His Majesty's Government have no
" idea of reconsidering the British tenure of the Mandate for Palestine, and that no
" inquiry is contemplated which might alter the position of this country in re
gard to the Mandate or policy, laid down in the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and
embodied in the Mandate, of establishing in Palestine a national home for the Jews.
" The Inquiry now initiated is therefore limited to the immediate emergency
and will not extend to considerations of major policy. When its report has been
" received it will be a matter of earnest consideration by His Majesty's Govern-
ment along what lines, w^hin the terms of the Mandate, future policy in Pales-
" tine should be directed."
JERUSALEM, this fourth day of September, 1929.
J. R. CHANCELLOR
HIGH COMMISSIONER AND
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
Greek Conv. Press.
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The volume consists of letters (in English and Arabic), telegrams, and memoranda relating to relations between Ibn Sa'ud, the Hejaz, and Trans-Jordan. The majority of the correspondence is between 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 Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait, the High Commissioner in Baghdad, the Colonial and Foreign Offices, both in London, the High Commissioner in Jerusalem, the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Jeddah, the Chief British Representative in Amman, the Government of India, and Ibn Sa'ud.
The majority of the papers concern the definition of borders between Ibn Sa'ud's territories (the Najd and later the Hejaz) and Trans-Jordan, most specifically the status of the Jauf [al-Jawf] area and the towns of Kaf [Kāf], Akaba [Aqaba], and Maan [Ma'an], and to a lesser extent, Iraq. Reports on tribal raids and counter-raids are also included, particularly those between the Bani Sakhr and the Ikhwan. The latter's raid just south of Amman in August 1924, and the British military response, is prominent. Details of the Hadda Tribunals, which were set up to settle such disputes, are also given. The question of where ex-King Hussein should settle after his departure from the Hijaz is also discussed.
Transcripts from Parliamentary Questions on these subjects are also included (folios 178-185). At the back of the volume is a broadside announcing the Shaw Commission, following the 1929 Palestine Riots.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (219 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The sequence starts at the title page and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. There are the following irregularities: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D; 141A and 141B; f 202 and f 211 are written on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the preceding folio. Three individual folios have been given a number range, rather than a single number, written respectively as: 17-18, 21-22 and 34-35.
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- Title
- 'File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1cv, 2r:17r, 18v:21r, 22v:28v, 30v:34r, 35v:36v, 37v:117v, 118v:126v, 127v:140v, 141ar:141bv, 142r:186r, 187v:201r, 202v:210r, 211v:216v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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