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Coll 6/36(2) 'Nejd-Transjordanian Frontier Affairs' [‎380r] (766/996)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (495 folios). It was created in 12 Nov 1932-20 Apr 1933. 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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PARAPHRASE TELEGRAAi fn>m the Conmifisioner for Trarus
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to the Secretary of State for the Coloruee.
Dated 24th Deoanber, 1932 c
Jo rdan
(Received Colonial Office 3.37 p.m. 24th December 1932)
No, 175.. In reply to your telegram No. 167 dated 23rd
December. A rumour han reached me of a concentntion of
Akhwan forces at Hail. 1 have also received a report, which
is unverified, that there are many Akhwan forces with standards
arriving at Jauf. The reliability of tnia latter report
which* emanates from a desert patrol post at Bair is at present
being further investigated. ifc’hile any remonstrance to the
Government of Saudi Arabia would at the moment be unjustified in
view of the insufficient evidence of the reliability of the
information. I should, nevertheless, be glad if reprerentations
of a friendly nature could be made in the manner your telegram
a urges t*« > Further, ft meeting at an early date between Giubb
and Ibn 2a*d at Bair or^Lsraq would allay suspicions and fears on
both sides. Ibn Zaid has not replied to Giubb f s written
request, sent at the commencement of the present month, for
an interview. A request should, I suggest, be addressed to
the Government of Saudi Arabia asking ^ i 88Ue instructions ^
accordingly to Ibn Zaid.
It is, in my opinion, unlikely that an incurs ion of
Akhwan will take place. Further, if it did, ita repulse could
be effected, I consider, without difficulty* Nevertheless 1
^ in agreement with the view which Giubb has expressed that it
ia possible that the Akhwan may occupy Wady Sirhan and trial
in the event of such occupation considerable unrest among
certain Trans -Jo rdan tribes will certainly be caused thereby*

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This volume, which largely consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence, concerns affairs on the Nejd- 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 and relations between Saudi Arabia 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 generally.

The volume's correspondence follows on from IOR/L/PS/12/2102, documenting the British Government's efforts both to secure mutual recognition between Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and Amir Abdullah [ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī], and to initiate treaty negotiations 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 Saudi Arabia.

The correspondence includes discussion of the following matters:

The volume features the following principal correspondents: the High Commissioner, 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 (Arthur Grenfell Wauchope); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill); the British Resident, 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); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister); the Commanding Officer of the Arab Legion (Frederick Gerard Peake); the Commanding Officer of the Desert Patrol (Captain John Bagot Glubb); officials of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office.

In addition to correspondence, the volume includes the following:

The material in this volume dates from November 1932 to April 1933, with the exception of a copy of a letter from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon), which dates from August 1932.

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

Extent and format
1 volume (495 folios)
Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 495; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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