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'File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)' [‎197r] (397/434)

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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ih« tribunal adjournad.
3. The 'Xribuaal oot attain oa the luth Uay when
the Me jd delegates banded in the raeouranduu. a
translation of which is attached to the inutea, etatiqg
in effect that the Mejd uovemnent regarded the claims
put forward by the Trans-Jordan uovoraaont aa fraudulent
and fictitioua and that no useful purpose would be
serred by oontinui% the sittings of the Tribunal. The
delegates stated that with the presentation of this
^eooranduD their authority to represent their Gorennent
oeased, and Sabri el Assali added for ny information
but not officially that his GoTenment did rut propose
to euanon Hejd 3heikhs to clear tbemselres froa liability
for claims which the Goremaent boliered to be unfounded.
The 8itti%8 of the Tribunal then terminated.
9. In ay opinion the action of the Nejd uovernnent
in withdrasinb its delegates from the Tribunal was
entirely unjustified. It was no doubt ri^ht and proper
that the Nejd uoTorntaent should hare an opportunity of
seeing the claims made by the Trans-Jordan Tribes in
order that, if it were disposed to act fairly, any
undisputed loot might hare been at once returned, as,
indeed, it was s %gested would be done in oheikh Ycusef
Yasin's letter of 24.2.1927 to the hritish Agent at
Jedda. But the Hejd Gorernoent, which was a party to
the iiadda Agreooent under which thie Tribunal was
constituted for the Tory purpose of adjudicating upon
diaputed claims, had no right to take upon iteelf to
decide whether any particular claim waa true or false
and thereby to oust the jurisdiction of the Tribunal,
its action is ths more indefensible in that, if theee
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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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