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Coll 6/36(2) 'Nejd-Transjordanian Frontier Affairs' [‎485r] (976/996)

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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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the Amir rang me up andsaid he had expected to see me
and would be glad if I would come along.
I found His Highness very friendly; he said
he had a surprise for me and produced the draft of a
telegram, a translation of which I attach. He said
his intention in suggesting the despatch of such a
telegram was to show Your Excellency and myself his
very real desire to conform to the policy of His
Majesty*s Government and that if Your Excellency
thought it best that the telegram should not go, he was
quite ready to agree. The words shown in brackets
were in the original draft but were replaced, at my
suggestion, by those underlined. His Highness then
asked me if any ulterior motive was attributed to his
forthcoming journey eastwards into the desert, for if
it were he would at once abandon all idea of the trip.
I told him that some report had been made that
he was going specially to see the Ruallah but that I
had told Your Excellency I did not attach importance to
it. He then said he would rather go to Ard es-Suwan
(which lies between Bair and Amari) but had been shy of
it, since it was towards the Hejd frontier.
I said I thought this was unobjectionable
provided he kept well away from the frontier and I
expect that he will either go there or only as far as
Azraq and that the duration of his absence will b e
considerably curtailed.
Captain Glubb leaves for Kerak this evening
to see about the initial steps of the move of the Beni
Atiya.
In conclusion, I would bring to Your
Excellency*s notice the very considerable help which
Sheikh Euad has given in dealing with the Amir in this,
as in many other, cases.
I have, etc.,
(3gd.) C.H.E. Cox.
BRITISH RESIDENT

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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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