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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎167r] (21/840)

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The record is made up of 1 item (421 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1925-14 Dec 1926. 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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Th# •tr«t«4arie frontier required for tuio purpose
mviet in elude Fean end Akebe*
A weeeafce wne therefore sent to Ibn 3eud inforwin«
0 ^ him where the frontier lev beyond which nie *ah*M» must net
pees. This message wee eon twined in a telegram sent on
October lfe # 1934, bv the Colon!el Office te the Heeldent in
the Persian (TuIf and ran as follows:•
*His Uejssty• m ftovemnent think it necessary te
"inform the Bultan that they will regard unprovoked aggression
"within the boundary defined in Colonial office telegram te
"Colonel Knox of tioyember fc # 1925" (details of vhieh are
qtioted abowe) "as an attack upon territory for whieh they are
"responsible, and that they sill continue, as in the paet, to
"reserre to themselyes full liberty of action to deal with
•such aggression in ths manner they think best,"
This messags was conyeyed to Ibn Baud in a letter
from the relltleal A^ent at Bahrein dated uetober 21, 19«24.
Throughout the winter of 1924~2b King Hussein,
hsving fled from Jeddah, lev in his yacht off Akaba and, In
spite of British protests, carried cm continual Intrigues
with ©sir Abdullah against the invading Wahabis, The prove*
cation eventually became so great that, in spite of His
Fajssty 1 * Government 1 s warning of October 1924, Ibn Sand
decided to despatch a fores against Akaba in Fay 192b,
This threat caused His Fajssty'e Goyemment te
issue two ultimatums (1) to King Hussein, ordering him te
leage Akaba at once, on the ground that by his activities
there he was involving His Fajesty** hovwmment, ths mandatdfcy
,tel«Ho*3& for 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 , in a breach cf neutrality, and (2) to Ibn
Jeddah, hay
r, 192b - Baud, reminding him that Aksba lay within the boundary noti-
i99u/io/91)
fled to him in October 1924, "Any unprovoked aggression en
"four Highness 1 pert"# the warning ran, "would be regarded as
"an
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The papers cover the recognition of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] as King of the Hedjaz and Sultan of Nejd and its dependencies by foreign countries, and also contain:

The principal correspondents are the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 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. , the Colonial Office, the Foreign Office, HM Consul at Jeddah, and the Viceroy.

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File 87/1926 Pt 2 'Arabia: Bin Saud: Relations with H.M.G. Revision of Treaty.' [‎167r] (21/840), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1165/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079351205.0x00008b> [accessed 1 May 2024]

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