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Coll 6/30 'Revolt in Northern Hejaz: Hejaz-Nejd – Transjordan Frontier Situation. Hejaz Relations with Egypt and Transjordan.' [‎155r] (320/946)

The record is made up of 1 volume (469 folios). It was created in 26 May 1932-21 Jul 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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With to your no to lo. 22 of the 16 th u&arram
(key 2'kmd) f X tried to convince you verbally during our immtlngi
of tae 1 ith and 19 th lunar ram that the mat tar was an Important
one and that leniency in respect of it wag harmful* Our
Government are accustomed to inform the British Govanmamt of ar
incident axpacted to tah# place on the frontier and tha BriUah
Govommant 'begin by doubting, but afterward® they realise the
truth of our statement. Mow, after the telephonic conversation
between Your hxcallancy and myself on tha morning of 24th
Muuarram {May 30th) it becomes clear t*at the inform.' tion
conveyed to you was correct and that dimid ibn ■ ifida haa
croascd the frontier of fmnsjardaa and entered our territories
with evil intent. Ii, therefore, tna British Government had
given taair attention ,o the matter and imposed the neceaeary
control aa from tuie Sth Muharram, the date on which X informed
you of it in. my Mote Bo* 7/8/5 dated ®th ^nharram, if the
Britleu Govern, lent had given their attention to the matter
from that date and ta.ten the neeeaaary precautionary meaa ■rea,
there would have been no need tor /our Excellency to inform
me by telephone that Ibn Hif3da had crossed the frontier
into
Charge d’a. fairea.
JKhlyu

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This volume concerns the British Government's response to the presence of anti-Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] rebels in northern part of the Hejaz during May-July 1932, reportedly led by Sheikh Hamid Ibn Rafadah [Shaikh Hamid Ibn Rifadah].

The volume mostly consists of copies of Foreign Office and Colonial Office correspondence (a large amount of which has been forwarded by the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East) discussing the following:

The volume features the following principal correspondents: the High Commissioner for Egypt (Sir Percy Loraine); 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 (Arthur Grenfell Wauchope); the High Commissioner for Iraq (Francis Henry Humphrys); 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); His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); His Majesty's Chargé d’Affaires to Jedda (Cecil Gervase Hope Gill); the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Philip Cunliffe-Lister); the Senior Officer of the Red Sea Sloops; officials of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office.

In addition to correspondence the volume contains a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence's Standing Official Sub-Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, dated 9 June 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 (469 folios)
Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 465; 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, nor does it include the four leading and ending flyleaves.

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Coll 6/30 'Revolt in Northern Hejaz: Hejaz-Nejd – Transjordan Frontier Situation. Hejaz Relations with Egypt and Transjordan.' [‎155r] (320/946), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2096, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060337335.0x000079> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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