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Coll 6/6 'Nejd: Nejd-Transjordan Frontier Raiding. Note from H.M.G. to Ibn Saud.' [‎579r] (1164/1568)

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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No further news about the result of the pursuit is received.
This is what has been reported to us now, and a few days
ago information was received from Your Excellency concerning a
raid said to have been committed by our Bedouin against the
Bedouin of Trans-Jordan a n d orders were issued for investigation
to be made with a view to discovering the facts. Such matters
if left to continue in this way will be lengthened and broadened.
The important thing is that we should know whether there is
nothing to inconvenience the British Government themselves in
these raids and whether no difficulties may arise between them
and us from them. If there is nothing of the sort ? the
matter is then easy, and we know the Bedouin of Trans-Jordan and
the Bedouin ol iraiio—c; ox-dan know us very well, and we can some
day far or near settle with them, but if the matter is such
iihot .l t inconveniences tne mi cish Government whom it may inter—
go u oo sm such a state oi affairs stopped and such raids prevent
ed, and we beg you to acquaint us promptly with the mutual
measures which we ought to take for the absolute prevention of
these raids. Because the continuation of this state of affairs
while the British Government are in the middle of this Question
is a difficult problem, because it is difficult for us that our
Bedouin should be entangled with British forces in Trans-Jordan,
and it is also difficult for us not to protect and defend our
subjects. i am therefore impatiently waiting for the suggest
ions of the British Government concerning the necessary measures
for the prevention of raiding, because all measures already
taken have not had the slightest effect in the prevention of
raids and the raiders have been secure from punishment, a fact
which has made them more oppressive and encouraged them to
continue their actions.
With highest respects and greetings,
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
(Signed) Faisal.

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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)
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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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Coll 6/6 'Nejd: Nejd-Transjordan Frontier Raiding. Note from H.M.G. to Ibn Saud.' [‎579r] (1164/1568), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2067, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100050188023.0x0000a5> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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