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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. (July-August, 1928)' [12] (14/52)
The record is made up of 1 volume (26 folios). It was created in Jan 1929. 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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Convention if he had entertained any doubts on the matter. He
deeply regretted to find that His Majesty's Government were now
denying the principles on which, in his conviction, the Uqair Protocol
had been based.
11. In any case, on the question of the advanced posts, he was
now pledged to his people, who would never be content with mere
assurances in a matter which they held to be one of life and death
to them and in which he shared their views to the full. He was still
inspired by unalterable feelings of friendship towards Great Britain
and a determination to respect existing agreements ; and he was
convinced that a policy of co-operation with His Majesty's Govern
ment was in the best interests of his country ; but in this particular
question he was powerless to subscribe to the decision which His
Majesty's Government had seen fit to take.
12. I am convinced that Ibn Sa'ud was sincere in this expression
of his views. From whatever angle I approached the question, he
would put forward arguments which were clear, firm, and unequi
vocal, and strictly consistent with his general attitude as he had
defined it at the very outset of our negotiations. On one occasion,
he confirmed his statements by one of the most solemn oaths which
it is possible for a Moslem to take. I did not consider further
argument either advisable or useful at the moment, so I begged the
King to reflect once more before giving me his final decision and to
accord me another interview on the following day.
13. At our third meeting I made a further effort to induce the
King to modify his attitude in regard to the major point at issue, in
order to make it possible at least to discuss the other questions with
which, hitherto, I had only dealt in general terms. He remained
quite unmoved, however, by any arguments or inducements, and
I realised that further attempts to shake him would not only be
undignified, but might result in introducing an element of irritation
and petty dispute into discussions which had been conducted,
hitherto, on a calm and entirely friendly plane.
14. I, therefore, informed the King that, to my deep regret, I saw
no other course open to me than to terminate our conversations
and to return to England. I added that I should report our failure
to reach agreement to His Majesty's Government, who would con
firm their decision officially through the proper channel. In the
meantime, and until the decision of His Majesty's Government
reached him in final form, I considered that the terms* of our sus
pension of conversations, agreed upon on the 24th of May last,
should be held to bind all parties. Ibn Sa'ud signified his agreement
to this arrangement, and I deem it vital that it be strictly observed
by the 'Iraq Government and by His Majesty's Forces in 'Iraq.
* Printed at pages 66-68 of Middle East No. 25.
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This printed booklet, produced by the Colonial Office in January 1929, is a continuation of the April-June 1928 account of Sir Gilbert Clayton, His Britannic Majesty's Commissioner and Plenipotentiary, on the second part of his third mission (July-August 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 annexures appears on folio 2v with the following sections:
- 'Colonial Office to Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., 19th July, 1928 (Letters of Instructions)' (folios xx);
- 'Sir Gilbert Clayton, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., C.B., to Colonial Office, 3rd September, 1928 (Further Report on his Mission)' (folios XX);
- 'Record of Proceedings' (folios XX);
- 'Memorandum on the Proceedings of the Sub-Committee Meetings' (folios XX);
- 'Draft Note on the Arbitration of Raids between Najd and Trans-Jordan' (folios XX).
There is one appendix which consists of a Foreign Office letter to the Acting British Agent and Consul, Jeddah, dated 1 November 1928. The front cover is marked 'Confidential', 'Printed for the use of the Colonial Office' and 'In continuation of Middle East No. 25', '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)' (IOR/L/PS/20/E90/1).
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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 circles, 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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