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Coll 6/66 'Saudi-Arabia: Saudi-Transjordan Frontier' [‎179r] (357/427)

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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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SECRET.
RECORD OF A MEETING AT I’HE FOREIGN OFFICE ON THE 28TH SEPTB.1BER
REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF Tf
CAUDI-TRiJ ^JORDAN FRONTIER.
Mr. Rcndel presided at the Meeting, which was attended hy
Sir A. Ryan (His Majesty's Minister at Jedda) and Major Glubb
(Chief Desert Control OfficeYin 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 ); Mr. Blaxter
of the Colonial Office; Colonel McLeod and Major Fryer of the
War Office; Group-Captain Peck and Group-Captain McClaughry
of the Air Ministry; and Mr. Johnstone.
2. MR. REFDEL and SIR A RYAN explained the general
position of this question. After his conversations with
King Ihn Baud at Taif shortly before his departure on leave,
Sir A. Ryan had suggested that it might be desirable to arrange
a general settlement of all the major questions outstanding
with the Saudi Government, on the basis of making a fairly
liberal concession to Ibn Saud as regards his eastern and
south-eastern frontiers, subject to a satisfactory agreement
being reached on other matters. The Middle East Official
Sub-Committee had considered and endorsed this proposal on
September 15th, and advantage had been taken of the recent
visit of the Saudi Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs to
London to put it before him. Fuad Bey Hamza had shewn himself,
v/illing to consider in principle the possibility of a settle--,
ment on the lines suggested.

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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' [‎179r] (357/427), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2133, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040939864.0x00009e> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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