'File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)' [58r] (119/434)
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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1 l tit cram P.
From Colonial Office,
To Resident, Bushirt.
Repoatfed to Baghdad 0.419, and Jerusalem Ko.S^Q.
^ Dated 12th r toeivtd 1 rth S ept emlaer 192?»
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PRIORIIi.
It appears from Jerusalem telegram Ko.296 of
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September 1st that a serious advance from Jauf will not
materialise v/ithout ample wartaing. I propos^ to assume
that the Sultan is restraining his forces in cons ecu ence of
the message conveyed in my telegram to you of August l^th.
xou should ther^Sore, subject to comment within three days
fron iiaghdad or Jerusalem, approach the Sultan as i'ollows:-
You should express gratification that he has rtstrained his
force and propose to him that a metting should be held at
the earliest/late tc discuss the Nejd-Trans-Jordania
boundary. You should suggest that op-ortmnity might at the
same time be taken of discussing outstandinp: questions with
Iraq, notably the question of Shammar refugees. If the
sultan wishes it, H.....Government would bt prepared to
3ugr;e t to King Hussein that Nejd-Hedjaz questions should be
simultaneously discusse-d, although the meeting might suita^-
-ly tak f -place undtr your auspices at Kuwait ot Bahrain, i "
Nejd and Iraq territory are both unsuitable. You should
enquire whether the Sultan W3uld prefer to attend aimself,
in which case Feisal and Abdullah would naturally attend in
person, of whtther he would prefer each party should send a
plenipotentiary. Argument for the latter course is J hat
Hussein could not possibly come himself (one group mutilated)
should give a distinct lead for a meeting ot plenipotentiaries
rather than of principals. The time does not appear to have
arrived for holding language suggested in your telegram of tie
29th August Wo,783, but you will no doubt bt able to convty
tactfully to the Sultan that our object in suggesting the
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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.
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- 1 volume (219 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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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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