File 1166/1925 'Arabia: Nejd; negotiations with Ibn Saud regarding Iraq-Nejd question and Trans-Jordan boundary; Sir G Clayton's mission; Bahra agreement, 2nd November, 1925' [189r] (384/769)
The record is made up of 1 volume (378 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1925-28 Jul 1927. It was written in English. 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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Correspondence relating to the Hadda Agreement.
Ilis Highness ‘Abdu’l- Aziz ibn ‘Abdu’r-Rahman al-Faisal AJ Sa'ud,
* Sultan of Nejd and its Dependencies, to Sir Gilbert Clayton,
‘ K.B.E., etc., His Britannic Majesty’s Commissioner and
Plenipotentiary.
Translation.
Bahra,
14th Rabi‘ Thani 1344
(1st November, 1925).
Your Excellency,
In the Agreement relating - to Trans-Jordan and Nejd provision is
made for an undertaking - on our part not to fortify Kaf or to make
it a military centre. In one of our conversations, I asked \our
Excellency to elucidate the meaning of “ fortifications, and you
explained that the construction of a wall round the villages concerned,
according to the custom prevailing in the desert for the prevention
of thefts and raids, as well as the construction of a military barracks
for the housing of Public Security troops and the placing of a gun
or a few machine-guns according to the requirements of public
security, would not be considered as being fortifications of the kind
which we undertook to abstain from erecting; but that such " < ^' s
would be considered as necessary for the preservation of order. I he
object of the present letter is to obtain clear confirmation of t at rom
Your Excellency so that we should be perfectly explicit a out ,olir
undertakings and leave no room for such misconstructions as mi^ it
arise from the intrigues of mischief-makers. Respec ts.
‘Abdu’l-' Aziz ibn ‘Abdu’r-Rahman ibn Sa'ud.
Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.B.E., etc., His Britannic fT"" 5 ’
doner and Plenipotentiary, to His Highness Abdu l- Aziz in
Sir
sioner and Plenipotentiary, „ ,
'Abdu’r-Rahman al-Faisal Al Sa'ud, Sultan of eji am i
Dependencies.
Bahra Camp,
2nd November, 1925.
Your Highness;
1 have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your etter of the
14th Rabi‘ Thani 1344 (1st November, 1925) relating to the i
pretation of Article 2 of the Hadda Agreement,
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This volume contains correspondence, reports, telegrams, a memorandum and minutes between Sultan of Nejd Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and the British Representative regarding the negotiations of 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 boundary after the First World War. Related matters of discussion include the following: Gilbert Clayton’s mission; a conference agreement with tribunal representation; relations between Iran and Nejd relating to refugee issues; the British mandate; the railway in the southern part of Nejd; Mullah Hafiz; the Bahra agreement; the Hada Agreement; the Jeddah Agreement; and conflicts and riots between Iraq and Nejd around the frontier. The correspondence in the volume is mainly internal correspondence between British officials, although the Sultan of Nejd and officials from the Iraqi Government also feature.
The principal correspondents are: the High Commissioner for Iraq; Under Secretary of States; Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton, British Agent and Consul General in Jeddah; and the Government of Iraq. Other items of note include a hand-drawn map showing 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 frontier (f 223), a draft of the negotiations between Gilbert Clayton and Ibn Saud (ff 287-305); an annotated draft of negotiations by R V Vernon (ff 123-167); a newspaper article about the Anglo-Wahabi Agreement (f 196); and finally a memorandum with a list by the Iraqi Government summited to the Tribunal regarding the damages after the raids (ff 55-57).
The volume includes a divider, which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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The volume's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 380; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence between ff 256-378, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
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