'File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)' [109r] (221/434)
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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Telegram
Prom
To
Repeated
Colonial Office, London.
Resident, Eusliire.
Baghdad, 507, and Jerusalem, 329.
Dated 8th received 9th November 1923.
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It appears doubtful whether Keajaz represent
-aoive can at Lena the Kuwait Conference owing to the
shortness of notice, but, King Hussein is being urged to
despatch one on the ground that he is more likely to
secure a satisfactory frontier at .he general discussion
where concessions (?) elsewhere may induce Bin Saud to
take a reasonable line.
The following general policy of H.M. Govern-
-ment is communicated foi your guidance and should be
adhered to subject to comment to Baghdad or Jerusalem,
which should be repeated to me. It should be kept strict-
-ly secret. The frontier of Trans-Jordania being the
frontier of the mandated area of Palestine, is the direct
concern of H.M: Government. They are prepared to exclude
the whole of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sarhan from Kaf inclusive, and to allow
Hedjaz to extend Northward along the railway as far as
Mudawwara, provided that Trans-Jordania has access to the
Gulf of Akaba, that Ilejd does not encroach upon the Hedjaz
railway, and that Xhurraa and Taraba are included in Hedjaz.
They would accordingly see no objection to the frontier
being drawn from the intersection of meridian 39 with
parallel 32 to the intersection of meridian 37 with parall
el 3li. Thence along meridian 37 to parallel 31. Thence
to the intersection of the merician 56 with parallel 30.
Thence along meridian 38 to parallel 29 degrees 3b, or
point due west of Hefud salient. Thence crossing the
Hedjaz railway in the neighbourhood of Mudawwara to point
on the Gulf Sou^h of Akaba. For practical purposes the
line
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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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- 'File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)'
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- 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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