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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)' [‎32] (34/96)

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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to make. At the abortive meeting of the tribunal which had taken
place (at Jericho) he had submitted his list of claims, but had been
unfavourably impressed by the fact that after his own list had
been received the Trans-Jordan Government had presented a supple
mentary list, entirely unsupported by data or evidence and including
a number of claims which had never been raised before and which he
was unable to admit for consideration. He did not think that any
useful purpose would be served by the appointment of an arbitrator
if it were open to either Government to " spring " fresh claims, which
had not been formally recorded in good time. He was, therefore,
of opinion that, before the arbitrator was appointed, terms of
reference should be drawn up and agreed upon, which would lay
down certain principles on which the arbitrator should work, and
ensure in particular that no new claims for past raids could be
" sprung " on the arbitrator.
I replied that this appeared a reasonable suggestion, but that I
reserved my opinion until I knew exactly the nature and scope of
the terms of reference which His Majesty had in mind. It was
decided that the terms of reference should be discussed between his
advisers and Mr. Antonius.
4. The question of Auda al-Atneh was then discussed, and his
record of crimes examined. I pointed out that the crimes had all
been committed in Hejaz territory, and that the Trans-Jordan
Government did not regard him as one of their subjects, but as one
of the chiefs of tribes resident in the Hejaz. The Trans-Jordan
Government, however, would only be too pleased if the Najd
authorities would capture him and punish him as he deserved.
The King suggested that if for a given period, say of one month,
the Trans-Jordan Government would undertake to block the frontier,
his people would be able to organise a drive along their side which
would result in the capture of this disturber of the peace. I promised
to bring this suggestion to the notice of the Trans-Jordan Govern
ment for consideration, and expressed the view that they would
welcome it provided no practical difficulties prevented its being put
into execution.
t 5: . At A he con 1 clusion of the meeting I informed His Majesty that
1 wished to explain to him more clearly the statement which I made
at the sixth meeting m regard to the air communications and the
pi pe hue. On thinking over our remarks it had struck me that he
might possibly have misunderstood me, and gained the impression
that the existing posts, of which he was complaining, were due.in
rimri 10 air - for J: e requirements, and, therefore, designed as
bases for attack against him. I explained that all I meant to convey
was that the existence of the Imperial air route and the possible
necessity hereafter for a pipe line made it imperative for His Majesty's
Government to ensure that no principle was recognised which did

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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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