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File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’ [221r] (319/340)
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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THIS TELEGRAM MUST BE CIRCULATED UNDER COVER, AND WHEN NOT IN USE
MUST BE KEPT IN A SAFE PLACE UNDER LOCK AND KEY. IT MUST NOT BE
PLACED ON ANY BIN? A SECRET FILE. ANY REPLY TO THIS TELEGRAM MUST
INVARIABLY BE SENT IN CIPHER.
AM 776.
SECRET.
^ --— Despatched 2240 14/8/24,
Received 0730 15/8/24.
PARAPHRASE.
Cipher telegram from Command H.Q., Palestine,
to Urgent Air Ministry,
A.26 14/8. Villages between AMMAN and ZIZA severely
raided by Wahabis estimated as 2500. BENI SAKHR
casualties estimated at 100. Village burnt.
Prompt action taken by air and armoured cars.
32 bombs dropped and 3200 rounds of
ammunition fired by 4 D.H.9.A f s and 8 Bristol Fighters.
6,000 S.A.A. fired by armoured cars.
Enemy repulsed, last seen 40 miles East South
East Of AMMAN at KASR AMRA.
Beni Sakhr helped in early pursuit inflicting
casualties•
500 is estimate of enemy losses.
1 officer, 1 L.A.C.slightly wounded is extent
of British casualties.
Registry (Telegrams).
Copies to:-
Air Council
D.D.O.I. (for action)
A.I.
D.O.S.D.
S.6.
C. I.G.S. (W.O.)
D. MfcO. & I (W.O.)
C.4. Ciphers (W.O. (9)
Mr. Thomas (C.O.)
Mr. Clauson (C.O.)
Sir J e E. Shuckburgh (C.O.)
Major Hubert Young (C.O.)
Nel.D. Admiralty (2)
Mr• Macdonald (F.0.)
Mr. Oliphant (F.O.)
Mr. Osborne (F,0.) (3)
Lord Olivier (1.0.)
Mr, Monteath )(Ic0,)
Colonel W f ilson~Johnston (loO.)
P.S. to Prime Minister,
F or information only *
NO ACTION IS TO BE TAKEN ON THIS
TELEGRAM WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE
HOLDER OF THE ACTION COPY*
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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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- File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’
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- 62r:71v, 74r:74v, 80r:132v, 134r:223v, 226r:226v, 228r:229v
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