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'File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)' [‎181r] (367/434)

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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TIUIISJOHDAK.
CAPTAIK w. asked the iieoretary of atata for the
Colon!ea whether he liae recently defined the aoutiiern and
eastern boundaries of Transjordania; and, if so, by what
authority?
Mr. AMHJRY: On the 23rd September, 1922, the League
of Nations approved a definition of Xransjordan as terri
tory lying to the east of a line drawn from a point two
miles west of the town of Akaba up the centre of the Wady
Araba, Dead Sea and River Jordan to its junction with the
River Yarmuk; and thence up the centre of that river to
the Syrian frontier. It is clear from this definition
that Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan territory was recognised at that time as
extending as far south as the town of Alcaba. The actual
frontiers between Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan and the independent Arabian
territories of He^jas and Hejd have never been precisely
defined although His llegesty^ Government have at various
times invited the Sultan of Nejd and the King of the
Hedjaz to agree with them in defining these boundaries.
It has more than once been made clear to both parties by
His Majesty 1 s Government that they regard the correct frontier
as crossing the Hedjas Railway at some point between Ma 1 an
and Tebuk and as giving Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan access to the sea in
the neighbourhood of Akaba. It is true that for some time
they acquiesced in the status of the Ma'an and Akaba dis
tricts remaining indeterminate pending a final delimitation
of the frontier, but when King Hussein constituted the ^*8^1
vilayet a vilayet of the Hedjas they foxmally protested, and
when it appeared that these districts were being used by
the Hedja* authorities as a recruiting ground, and also
for the transport of war material, they considered it their
duty

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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)
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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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