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File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’ [93r] (63/340)
The record is made up of 1 item (168 folios). It was created in 27 Aug 1924-7 May 1925. 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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From the High Comiiiasioner for Palestine to the Secretary
of State for the Colonies.
Dated 13th February
(Received Colonial 6.0 p.m. 13th February, 19E5)
Addressed Secretary of State for the Cblonies No.39 -
repeated to Baghdad and Bushire No. 45 .
Report has been received from Chief British Representative
in Trans-Jordan that Fsuffts Bhaalan^ grandson of Nliri, arrived
at AouLan on the 12 th and reported that the Wahabis have raided
Shaflia* north-east of Kfif # inflicting hecivy casualties and
w-JCxyiiig off ^omen and animals. Wahabis also despatched envoys
to Fawaa at Kariyat £1 Milh in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sirhan demanding, his
surrender. These envoys have been imprisoned by Fa^as. Shama
is outside the border line communicated to Ibn Baud by Bushire
so no definite action is possible at present and Chief British
Representative mill inform Abdullah to this effect. In the
meantime Fhsraz Shaalan and his (? group omitted) seem faced
with the necessity of coming to a decision similar to that
envisaged by Dobbs in his telegrams No.31 of January 16th and
Bo.50 of January 27th. In this connection see also my tele-
‘Vloq
grams Nos. 16 and 31 of the 20th of January and 5th of February.
Unless a definite attack is made on Trans-Jordan, Air Ibrcc
cannot operate so that no actibn is possible beyond recon
naissance and an endeavour to ke^ track of Wahabi movements.
After Wahabi’s experience of August last I hardly think that a
raid on Ataman is probable but attack might develop in the
direction of Maan perhaps (?with) the particular object of
discouraging
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Correspondence and other papers concerning a Wahabi [Wahhabi] attack on 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 (or Trans Jordan [Jordan]) in August 1924. The papers cover: initial reports of an attempted raid by Wahabi troops on Amman on 14 August 1924; the repulsion of the attack by British ground and air forces; Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] protest at the British action against Wahabi troops, and the British Government’s rebuttal of this protest; discussion concerning the precise location of boundary 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 , Hejaz, and Najd, with particular reference to the towns of Akaba [Aqaba] and Tebuk [Tabuk], and the Ma’an vilayet; a sketch map of the boundary, illustrating an 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. note written by John Percival Gibson (f 104).
The item’s principal correspondents include: the Assistant Under Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, John Evelyn Shuckburgh; the Foreign Office; the Air Ministry; the Chief British Representative 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 , Charles Henry Fortnom Cox; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Francis Beville Prideaux (through whom the British Government corresponded with Ibn Saud); the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery.
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