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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)' [19] (21/52)
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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however, were now considering the whole question of administration
and of the desert areas with a view to evolving an organisation
which would be suitable to the prevailing conditions and acceptable
to the people concerned. I was also able to give assurances to His
Majesty which would, I hoped, convince him that no menace was
intended either against his Government or his tribesmen. I sug
gested, however, that these matters should form the subject of later
conversations.
4. I then passed to the question of the crossing of his frontiers
by aeroplanes and armoured cars and the infringement of his
sovereign rights which he maintained was involved by this action
on the part of His Majesty's forces. In this connection, I said
that I was able to assure His Majesty that His Majesty's Government
intended to observe Article 6 of the Bahra Agreement and recognised
that His Majesty's forces in 'Iraq were covered by its provisions.
I pointed out, however, that should a grave situation arise as a result
of a serious attack on a township or continuous raiding on 'Iraq
tribes which His Majesty proved himself unable or unwilling to prevent
or punish, then His Majesty's Government must reserve full liberty
of action even at the expense of a technical breach of agreements.
5. With regard to the question of Extradition and
Bon Voisinage
An agreement or treaty based on principles of 'good neighbourliness', often signed between countries which share borders.
Agreements between 'Iraq and Najd, and the handing over of tribes
men who might flee from one country to the other to avoid punish
ment, which had been very fully explored in discussion between
His Majesty's advisers and Mr. Cornwallis, I emphasised that any
final agreement in these matters must depend on a favourable
solution of the main question of the posts. At the same time, in
principle, His Majesty's Government were entirely in favour of the
conclusion of satisfactory agreements on these questions. The
'Iraq Government, who were also well-disposed and ready to meet
His Majesty, had now despatched Taufiq Bey Suwaidi, one of their
Ministers of State, with full instructions and the necessary authority
to conclude agreements should they be successfully negotiated.
I pointed out that, if these agreements could be successfully
negotiated and duly signed by accredited representatives. His
Majesty would thereby secure recognition of his sovereignty by the
'Iraq Government. His Majesty's Government were also in favour
of similar agreements being concluded between the Government
of the Hejaz and Najd and the Trans-Jordan Government, who were
also favourable in principle, provided suitable terms could be agreed
upon, and that His Majesty was prepared to recognise the status
of Trans-Jordan as recently defined by treaty with His Majesty's
Government. In conclusion. His Majesty's Government had agreed
in principle to the exchange of representatives between the Hejaz
and Najd Government and 'Iraq and Trans-Jordan respectively,
subject to agreement on the major point at issue and to
arrangements acceptable to both parties being made.
(CI 4549)
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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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