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Locusts.
347. The friendly arrangement for the reporting of swarms, mentioned in
paragraph 296 of the last report, bore sterile fruit once in November. The
information was so meagre as to he valueless, nor could more he extracted.
II. —Frontier Questions.
u j- 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 .
Hawing. 1
348. Only one raid was reported, made on the 6th November by Beni Atiya
from over the border on the 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 Howeytat, camped eastward of Bayir.
In reply to the Legation’s representations, the Saudi Government stated that the
raiders had been arrested and that the camels would be returned to Captain
Glubb’s representative on demand. It is supposed that all went well.
Beni Atiya.
349. After a preliminary scare had died down, raised by a report that Ibn
Baud’s Ikhwan—a name to conjure with in the tribelands—were waiting across
the frontier to eat up the Beni Atiya as soon as they emerged into the Hejaz, the
eviction of the majority of this troublesome tribe from 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 was carried
out with precision and success by the desert police. It was completed by the
20th November, when 110 tents had crossed into Saudi Arabia. Ibn Farhan, the
leader of the rebel contingent of this tribe, which had gone to join Ihn Rifada,
was caught on the 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 side of the frontier on the 18th November and
was condemned to a year’s imprisonment.
Hashimite Intrigue.
350. On the 8th November the Amir Abdullah began what was at first
intended to be a tour of his 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 corridor, made with the supposed but
unavowed intention of meeting with Nuri-ash-Sha lan, paramount chief of the
Ruwalla. He was to be accompanied by the tribal sheikhs of 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 ,
among them Selim-abu-Dumeyk, of the Beni Atiya. Observers in 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
foresaw, rightly or wrongly, an alliance 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 tribes and the
Ruwalla against Ibn Sand. The tour, however, degenerated into a “shooting
trip to Asraq,” which the Amir suddenly left on the 15th November for Bagdad,
to visit his sick brother Ali. He returned on the 24th November direct to Amman,
having apparently not been accompanied in the first instance by Abu Dumeyk,
nor having met in the end with Nuri Shalan.
351. On the 16th November the Saudi Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs
handed to His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires a lengthy memorandum of the previous
day describing ramifications of the anti-Saudi plot which has come to be known
as the Uabbagh conspiracy, from the name of its most obvious members. The
memorandum connected them with the Amir Abdullah and others of the shereefs
in 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 . Fuad Hamza supported the accusation, which is no new one,
with a bulky file of what he described as intercepted correspondence, from which
he drew at apparent random five specimens for Mr. Hope Gill's perusal. The
memorandum itself concluded with an appeal to His Majesty’s Government in the
United Kingdom as allies and friends to prevent territories under their control
from being used as bases for anti-Saudi activity.
352. In reporting the gist of this memorandum by telegraph to His
Majesty's Government, His Majesty Charge d'Affaires stated that the particular
specimen documents were not very convincing, but he expressed the view that
neither the probability that the Saudi case was a good one, nor the possibility that
the conspirators would cause more active trouble, could rightly be ignored. He
enquired whether the Saudi Government might be informed in reply of the steps
already taken at Aden to deny use of that centre to the conspirators, and be
furthermore assured of the authorities' continued surveillance there and extended
surveillance in the Hadhramaut. Mr. Hope Gill also asked whether there was
any information which could be added regarding measures taken in 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
to incapacitate the plotters there, having in mind the evidence accumulated in
British hands against the Amir Abdullah’s immediate entourage, if not against
the Amir himself, as well as against minor and outlying native officials in Trans
jordan. and having no knowledge of anything having been done since the Ibn