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File 450/1922 Pt 1 'Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan dispute: Activities of Ibn Saud's followers; Proposed conference at Koweit' [373r] (750/848)
The record is made up of 1 volume (420 folios). It was created in 1922-1923. 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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I A1 Duwi,h U 8*«d to Instal tb.
I tei:r ° f < ‘* Uf "* A ® i5 ' of *ut the recent actiyiti..
of the Ikhtran .0 near the border, 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
a,
Wa^Sirhan eon.titut. a aeriou. warning for the near
future and Hi, Majesty’s Oovermsent will be foroed to
eoneider the eituation .eriou.Xy at an early date. When
therefore the agreement with Hurt i, finally reri.ed a,
euggeeted, proposal, will hare to be made for faoing the
Ikhwan nenaee and 1 shall ask for authorisation to
inform Ibn Saud of the new position as regards Jauf
and %«k him to respect our frontiers.
A® regards the settlements of Jauf the position
of the Shelan family is outwardly stable and their
authority is respected, but the town populations are
not lowers of ^edawin rule and would probably welcome
any change which would give them their independence
provided they do not have to exert themselves to obtain
it, the only exception to this is the rebel family
of Ibn Muwaiahir, some forty armed men in all, who have
for the last month been and still are besieged in their
houses and gardens at the other end of the oasis of
rv T^ -
Safcaka where we now are. Fighting between them and
Sultan’s men occurs sporadically ajt night and a few
nights ago there was a brisk encounter in which the
rebels lost one man killed, while the loyalists celebrated
their victory with a war dance. Sultan has the situation
well in hand but about a week before our arrival the rebels
succeeded in getting a small deputation off to Ibn Saud
asking for help; the loyalists of both Sakaka and Jauf
immediately
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Correspondence, minutes, draft papers, and memoranda relating to the delineation of the boundary between the Kingdom of Nejd and 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 . The papers deal with matters such as the status of the Jauf [al-Jawf] region, the idea for a Baghdad-Haifa railway, numerous raids and counter raids along the border area, and the proposal and preparations for a conference in Kuwait to settle the boundary issue.
Correspondence is principally between officials at the 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. , Colonial Office, Foreign Office, and Admiralty. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from the High Commissioner in Iraq, HM Consul in Damascus, 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. , the High Commissioner in Palestine, and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] himself.
Documents of note in the volume include:
- 'Note on the Trans-Arabian Railway' by Major A C Griffin, Deputy Director of Railways, Iraq, 6 January 1922 (folios 385-405)
- Memorandum by Harry St John Bridger Philby on his visit to Jauf and his negotiations with tribal leaders there, 27 May 1922 (folios 367-375).
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (420 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front. The subject 450 (Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan Dispute) consists of four parts, IOR/L/PS/10/1033-1034, with part 1 comprising one volume, and parts 2-4 comprising the second volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 422; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-420; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 450/1922 Pt 1 'Arabia: Nejd-Trans-Jordan dispute: Activities of Ibn Saud's followers; Proposed conference at Koweit'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:235v, 237r:334v, 339r:421v, back-i
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