File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎166r] (19/840)

Hua»«ln t but It was cartftinly tft# Intention of Hi» ^a^ootT'o
'tovernKont to indueo him to wmy to thow. Tho Klrtft'o
obotinoto ehorootor, now# r*r $ mndo ouoli iwfroo^ont iMpooslblo #
ond. to tho Tory end of hie roi^fe. he refused to yield,
probably rewewberin# colonel #11 sen 9 s remarks in ^ nnuarr i#X9
about the temporary eharaeter of the British occupation.
The attempt made by His Majesty 1 * do Terra* ent at the
Kowelt eonferenee to Indues iHtosseln to up all claims to
Akaba and to the territory north of f^udawarre in eatehange for
the rendition by ibn .;aud of Khuma and Ttarabs, failed owing
to Hussein•» refusal to send a delegate te the conference.
Into the detailed merits of the past history of the
esse we need m no further, as the situation Changed
completely with the conquest of the Heja* by Ibn Saud.
Hitherto the question of Pawn and Akabs has been one
for negotiation ef m friendly kind with King Hussein* #e had
hoped eTontually to obtain his willing concurrence in the
annexation of those district* by hie eon *bdullah en behalf
of Transfer dan: anyhow Trana^ordan must haTe socess te the
qulf of Akaba, but there was, eTen as late as October 1924,
a distinct ossibility that Akaba town might be left te the
|e« telegreg Hejas* In that m^ith the officer admin lets ring the
.529 of
^t.lb,lh24, flows me* ant of Palestine, in telegraphing te the Colordal office
Officer
ini storing expressed doubt whether His Majesty*# flewssment would con
i' • rcr *.o t
Palestine to elder justifiable the inclusion in Tra?>Bjs«lan ef Aksbs,
ie Celonlal
•which has always been admitted as in the &ejss M * tfereewer.
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King Hussein was an old man end, if ws exercised patlenee, we
might find Hie successor easier to deal with*
But the ad wanes of the wahabie put en end te this
policy of patience*. Their troops were already ower-running
the v* radi Urban, mui it became necesearw to consider the
defence 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 and Palestine from this senses from the
desert /