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'Najd-Transjordan Boundary' [‎18r] (40/358)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (175 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 1925-29 Dec 1927. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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(3) The settlement of frontier and other disputes
between Nejd and the Hejaz. Since that Conference
terminated many events have occurred which have considerably
modified the situation in Arabia. A brietff record of 'fc tag r
these events will be found in the Appendix to the report of
the Committee of Imperial Defence, of which a copy 4s
enclosed herewith. Chief among these events was the
outbreak of hostilities between the Sultan of Eejd and the
King of the Hejaz. Hostilities are still proceeding,
and although the final issue cannot be foreseen the present
position is that the xorces of Xbn Saud are in effective
occupation of the greater part of the Hejaz, including the
Holy City of Mecca, and are investing the town of Jeddah,
upon which and the immediately surrounding country King Ali
maintains a precarious hold. The Northern districts of
the Hejaz, bordering upon Trans-Jordan, are not at present
in the effective occupation of either of the combatants.
As you are aware, His Majesty*s Government have publicly
announced their strict neutrality in this conflict.
3. Although the situation in Arabia has been very
considerably modified during the last two years, the three
principal questions with which the Kuwait Conference was
concerned remain** unsettled today, and it is with the
primary object of disposing of the first two of these
questions that the negotiations, in which you are to xj*
represent His Maje3ty*s Government, have been initiated.
As regards the first question, that of the delimitation of
the frontier between Trans-Jordan and Nejd, I am to enclose,
for your information, a copy of the instructions communicated
to LieutenaMt Colonel Khox prior to the assembly of the
Kuwait Conference. You will see that at that time His
Majesty*s Government were prepared to accept as a minimum an
eastern frontier which would roughly follow a line drawn from
the intersection of meridian 39° with parallel 32° to the
intersection

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes for the period of February 1925 to December 1927 relating to the Najd- Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan boundary.

Topics discussed include:

  • The Najd-Transjordanian boundary and raiding between Iraq and Najd.
  • The mission of Sir Gilbert Clayton Mission to Ibn Sa`ud.
  • Najd-Iraq Frontier Agreement (Bahra Agreement), signed in 1925.

Included in the volume is a copy of the English version (folios 36 to 37) of the ten articles of the Bahra Agreement signed by the Sultan of Najd and Dependencies and Sir Gilbert Clayton on behalf of the 'Mesopotamia Government' to regulate raiding. The file also includes letters in Arabic from Ibn Sa'ud to British officials.

The principal correspondents include: the Secretary of State for the Colonies, London; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire (Francis Beville Prideaux); the High Commissioner, Baghdad; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait; HM Consul, Jeddah; and the Sultan of Najd and Dependencies (Ibn Sa'ud).

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1 volume (175 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 177; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-173; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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