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Coll 6/6 'Nejd: Nejd-Transjordan Frontier Raiding. Note from H.M.G. to Ibn Saud.' [‎395r] (796/1568)

The record is made up of 1 volume (780 folios). It was created in 4 Feb 1931-22 Dec 1932. 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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Thinking that he was going to pass my first note off irthtsTayTiXpolaied
t ^ Ministers had said a great deal. He said he had not finished
what he was about to say. Captain Glubb had started the matter by allegations
that the Nejdi authorities were encouraging raids and distributing money Thesl
allegations were false. The King rather qualified the express attribution of thlm
to Captain Glubb by saying that they were false, whether it was Captain Glubb
or anyone else who was responsible for them, and he tried to make out that there
was no definite attack on Captain Glubb personally. I pointed out tW
categorical accusations had been made in two written communications and by
Yusuf Yasm m official conversations with me. ^
9 -. The King denied that En-Neshmi any longer held any official emnlnv
“TiW it SerV1C r He insi f e T d there were ™ preparations for ra“d ng
and that the new Governor of Jauf had been ordered to do all in his power to
stop it. He had dismissed En-Neshmi some time ago because of the views held
regarding him m 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 because he could not work in with the
authorities there. As a matter of fact, Neshmi was probably more capable than
tte new Governor whom he had sent when he appointed Sheikh Abdul Aziz-bin
Zeid to his present post. um "
His Majesty said! that he looked to His Majesty’s Government to deal
equitably with both sides^ If crimes were committed they should be punished
irrespective of side. His Majesty’s Government were much stronger than he was
If they sought to rum him or wished to humiliate him, it was not the treatment
he expected of old friends. 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 Hejaz-Nejd should receTve Sual
treatment. He held his subjects as completely as the ring on his finger. q If
offenders m 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 were punished he was ready to mete out twice the
punishment to those on his own side.
, i 11 ., Th ^ K } n S sai d that the suggestion that raids were carried out under his
authority refiected on him personally. It was, he intimated, false. He was
entitled as a King to ask for an explanation of it, and, if it could not be sub
stantiated to demand satisfaction. I said that I had not made an accusation
but had told him what was believed on the frontier. I stressed the importance
ot such a belief being entertained. He said something to the effect that this was
not an adequate excuse. I replied that I was making no excuse and repeated that
ad made no accusation, but had stated a fact as to what was thought on the
rentier. In order to emphasise the point without committing myself too far,
l attempted again to develop the considerations stated in paragraph 6 above"
When I again mentioned Fuad Bey’s note stating that raids from Nejd could not
be condemned unless raids from 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 ceased, His Majesty asked whether
tnat view was right or wrong. He evidently expected me to admit its justice. I
said Wrong! ’ During this portion of the conversation the King drew some
sort ot a parallel between the accusations against himself and those against
oaptam Glubb. I said that the accusations against Captain Glubb were made
y His Majesty s Ministers. He said that he regarded anything I said as even
more official than what his own Ministers said. I replied that, in anything I
1 sa Y I certainly spoke as the representative of my Government, but pointed
out again that what I had said was not that the King had encouraged raiding,
but that he was generally believed on the frontier to have done so. (I was careful
nroughout this passage of arms neither to express disbelief in the King’s
complicity nor to assert His Majesty’s Government’s belief in it.)
12 The King said that he could impose his authority on his tribes, and
rererred at one moment to the action he had taken against Feisal-ed-Dawish and
others. He coulrii not CAA Tv 1 C? on Tvt Cl It -1 11 n n/-T nl n n rT rT T H
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ad been awaited. I told him that I remembered the note to which he referred
interim reply to the October memorandum in my conversation with
eikh Yusuf Yasin on the 3rd February. At this Yusuf Yasin showed visible
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Content

This volume largely consists of copies of Foreign Office correspondence (forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India) regarding reported raids on 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 the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). Most of this correspondence consists of copies of letters and telegrams between the Foreign Office and the British Minister at Jedda, Sir Andrew Ryan, as well as translated copies of correspondence between Ryan and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of the Hejaz and Nejd (later Saudi Arabia). The volume also contains 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. correspondence with the Foreign Office and Air Ministry.

The correspondence is chiefly concerned with reported raids carried out on the 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 by tribes from Nejd 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 . Much of the Foreign Office correspondence discusses the efforts of the British to arrange a meeting between Captain John Bagot Glubb (recently appointed as British Intelligence Officer attached to the 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 Bedouin Control Board) and his counterpart, Abdul Aziz Ibn Zeid [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Zeid], in order to resolve respective claims regarding raids from August 1930 to February 1931, and to make arrangements for the future intercommunication of information.

Also discussed are the following:

In addition to correspondence the volume contains copies of minutes from meetings in early 1931 of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for questions concerning the Middle East, which discuss possible measures (such as the withdrawal of the British Minister at Jedda) that the British could take in the event of Ibn Saud returning 'an unsatisfactory answer' to British demands relating to the situation on the 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 Hejaz-Nejd frontier. Also included are copies of memoranda from Glubb, one of which responds to complaints made against him by the Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Hejaz and Nejd.

Other correspondents besides those already mentioned include the Secretary of State for Colonies, the Colonial Office, the High Commissioner for 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 (Sir John Robert Chancellor, succeeded by Arthur Grenfell Wauchope), the British Resident at 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 (Charles Henry Fortnom Cox), and His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires at Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill).

The volume includes three dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (780 folios)
Arrangement

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

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 780; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

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