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'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (April-June, 1928)' [‎15] (17/96)

The record is made up of 1 volume (48 folios). It was created in Aug 1928. 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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Government from drawing up their own proposals in the light of
Mr. Cornwallis's report to them ; so that, in the event of my Mission
being sent out to resume negotiations with Ibn Sa'ud, I might find it
possible to carry discussions a stage further towards finality.
41. One other question was brought up by Ibn Sa'ud, namely, the
appointment of accredited Najdi representatives in the mandated
territories of 'Iraq, Palestine and Trans-Jordan. His Majesty
gave me to understand that he was dissatisfied with the growing
number of contentious disputes, mostly of a trivial nature, which
arose between Najdi trading caravans and petty officials in Trans-
Jordan and Palestine. He also felt the need of a tactful and reliable
person to represent him and defend his interests before the Govern
ments of 'Iraq, Palestine and Trans-Jordan. Another reason which
had prompted this proposal on His Majesty's part was his
dissatisfaction with the delays which often took place in the exchange
of letters and messages. He proposed that a fully-accredited
representative should be appointed by him to Baghdad, and
another to Jerusalem. The latter's credentials would cover both
Palestine and Trans-Jordan.
42. On this question, too, I am of opinion that the adoption of
Ibn Sa'ud's proposals would be a step in the right direction. I am
informed by Mr. Antonius that the High Commissioner for Palestine
is prepared" to assent to the appointment of a Najdi representative
in Jerusalem. It would be desirable that the views of the 'Iraq
Government on this matter be ascertained at an early opportunity.
The appointment of a Najdi representative in Baghdad would entail
the prior recognition by 'Iraq of Ibn Sa'ud as King of the Hejaz
and of Najd and its Dependencies, and there is reason to believe
that King Faisal would not readily assent to the granting of such
recognition. It cannot be denied, on the other hand, that the formal
recognition of the de facto sovereign of an adjoining country with which
'Iraq is in friendly treaty relations cannot be indefinitely withheld
without prejudice to good relations between the two countries, and
it is a matter for consideration whether the present crisis does not
afford a suitable opportunity to grant Ibn Sa'ud the recognition on
which he not unnaturally lays great stress. In this connection I
would point out that Ibn Sa'ud's proposal for the conclusion of a
Bon Voisinage An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders. Agreement will stand or fall according as the desired
recognition is granted, or withheld.
43. On the 20th May, the King proceeded to Mecca after a formal
farewell meeting at the Mission House on the afternoon of that day.
His principal advisers remained in Jedda, where two or three meetings
were held daily with them. On the 22nd May, Mr. Cornwallis and
Captain Glubb sailed for Egypt, where they returned to Baghdad
by air. On the 25th May, I sailed from Jedda on board
H M.S. " Dahlia" for Port Sudan, with Mr. Antonius and
Flight-Lieutenant Moore, and on the morning of our arrival in

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This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in August 1928, is an account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the first part of his third mission (April-June 1928) to ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Saud), King of Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and Najd and its Dependencies. The purpose of the mission was to negotiate outstanding questions mainly concerning boundaries of and relations between Ibn Saud's territories and Iraq and Trans-Jordan following the Hadda and Bahra Agreements of 1925, and the Treaty of Jeddah of 1927.

Clayton was accompanied by George Antonius, Assistant Secretary to the Palestine Government; Kinahan Cornwallis, Adviser to the Ministry of Interior in Iraq; Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector in the Iraq Government Service; Flight-Lieutenant G M Moore; and Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Counsellor to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Baghdad. The Najd delegates included: Dr Abdullah Damluji [‘Abdullāh al-Damlūjī]; Shaikh Yusuf Yasin [Yūsuf Yāsīn]; Shaikh Hafez Wahba [Ḥāfiẓ Wahbah]; and Shaikh Fuad Hamza [Fu’ād Ḥamzah].

A page of contents and list of annexes appears on folio 2v with the following sections:

There is one appendix which consists of Colonial Office letters of instruction to Sir Gilbert Clayton, dated 17 April 1928 (folios 43v-47). The front cover is marked 'Confidential' and 'Printed for the use of the Colonial Office'. Clayton's account is continued in 'Middle East No. 28', 'Report by Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., on his Mission to the King of Hejaz and of Najd and its Dependencies, for the purpose of negotiating a settlement of outstanding questions. (July-August, 1928)' (IOR/L/PS/20/E90/2).

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1 volume (48 folios)
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There is a table of contents, a list of annexes and an appendix, which make reference to page numbers in the volume.

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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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