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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)' [‎31] (33/52)

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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of His Majesty's Government and they would bear it specially in
mind in drafting the formal proposal of arbitration. I wished
therefore to ask His Majesty to await the receipt of the formal
proposal which would in due course be addressed in identical terms
to His Majesty and to the Trans-Jordan Government.
10. The King signified his assent. As I was preparing to take
my leave he said that there were two matters to which he wished
specially to draw my attention. The first was that, on the preceding
evening, Mr. Philby had reported to him that he had heard of the
appointment of Sir Gilbert Clayton to the post of High Commissioner
for Iraq, and that he (Mr. Philby) was sending a telegram on the
subject to the newspaper of which he was correspondent ; but that
he (Ibn Sa'ud) had instantly asked him to refrain from doing so.
The King went on to say that Mr. Philby had had the information
imparted to him in the course of conversation with the 'Iraq Delega
tion, and that he (the King) was somewhat perturbed lest I might
have heard of the leakage and imagined that it came from the King
or from his advisers. " Whenever we are told anything in con
fidence," added the King, " we keep it secret, at the point of the
sword if need be ; and the thought that you might suspect us of a
breach of confidence is intolerable."
11. The second related to his dealings with the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at
Jeddah. The King said that he wished to seize the opportunity
of my presence at Jeddah to express his particular appreciation of
the way in which Mr. Stonehewer-Bird discharged his duties. He
stated with an emphasis which bore the stamp of sincerity that both
his advisers and himself had been impressed with Mr. Stonehewer-
Bird's fair-mindedness, his tact and his scrupulous thoroughness.
He added that he looked upon it as evidence of the good will of His
Majesty's Government towards him that they should have selected
Mr. Stonehewer-Bird as their representative in the Hejaz.
12. I replied that I was delighted to hear this statement, more
especially as I knew that His Majesty was a good judge of men;
and that I would make a point of communicating his opinion to His
Majesty's Government who would be gratified to hear it. I then
took my leave and the meeting rose at 5.45 p.m.

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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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1 volume (26 folios)
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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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