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Coll 6/66 'Saudi-Arabia: Saudi-Transjordan Frontier' [‎125r] (249/427)

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The record is made up of 1 file (212 folios). It was created in 3 Apr 1934-6 Mar 1940. 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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flag flown by Sharjah ana Ras-al-Khaimah was the
sane.
MR. LAITHWAITS said that as regards the informal
Foreign Office suggestion^ the 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. fully apP 1 * 6- "
dated the importance of the point made by the minister
at' Tehran as to the undesirability of any apparent
change of ownership while negotiations with Persia
were still under consideration. On the other
hand, the objections to the suggestion which had
been put forward were very strong. It would not put
us in any way in a better position vis-a-vis Persia;
it would cause trouble with the Trucial Sheikhs, who
would accuse us of land-grabbing; and finally it
would affect our relations with the Sheikh of Sharjah,
who had a legitimate claim to the island and who had
been restrained from asserting that claim only by our
local agent, and who had of course given us considerable
assistance inoealing v/ith the air route. It seemed
clearly desirable to take an immediate decision; the
island had now been left without a flag for two or three
months, and this situation could not be permitted to
continue during the progress of negotiations.
THE CHAIRMAN said that as the possibility of
annexation had been suggested by the Foreign Office,
he would like to have Mr. Rendel’s views.

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This file primarily concerns British policy on the question of the Saudi- 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 frontier, specifically the frontier between 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 and Nejd, as initially outlined in the Hadda Agreement of 1925.

The correspondence includes discussion of the following:

The file also includes the following:

The file features the following principal correspondents: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan, succeeded by Sir Reader William Bullard); His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to Jedda (Albert Spencer Calvert); John Bagot Glubb, Acting Officer Commanding the Arab Legion; the Air Officer Commanding Palestine and 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 (Richard Edmund Charles Peirse); the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd]; officials of the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Air Ministry, and the War Office.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).

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1 file (212 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 213; 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 2-209; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Coll 6/66 'Saudi-Arabia: Saudi-Transjordan Frontier' [‎125r] (249/427), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2133, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040939864.0x000032> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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