Coll 6/30 'Revolt in Northern Hejaz: Hejaz-Nejd – Transjordan Frontier Situation. Hejaz Relations with Egypt and Transjordan.' [428r] (866/946)
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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-/riien in Jerusalem on the 23rd instant I had the
honour to inform you that Lieutenant Colonel Peake
haa, seme days previously, received a warning from Sinai
that there were rumours of a move of tribes to fight Ibn
.Saoud; that on the 18th information was received from
Ma ? an that a rumour was current that a Shereef from Cairo
was offering £.8 a head to certain Beduin in Sinai to join
against Ibn Saoud and march, viz the north of Aqaba, into
the Hejaz; that on the fist it was reported from Ma’an
that on the night of the 2o/21et 300 men had passed north
of hqaoa and established themselves, under the leadership
of Sheikh Hamid Ibn Rafadah at a place some 7 kilos to the
south thereof.
2. xs I had certain information which confirmed
the possibility of such a movement and as Lieutenant
Colonel Peake thought the matter of importance it was
arranged that Flying Officer Lomviie of the Royal Air
Force Intelligence Service should go to Aqaba to
investigate.
3. On the morning of the 24th the following
report, which had been obtained from Flying Officer
Lomviie by Flight Lieutenant penured 'who had flown from
Aqaba, was conveyed to me.
Two hundred and fifty men, mainly Eiili and
Taquiqat, were collected at el Sherieh some 7 kilos South
of .qaba. These men were without women or children and
had left these with their tents in Sinai and Palestine.
They had been entertained on their way through
pqaba by the Mayor and had bought some arms with Egyptian
Excellency,
The High Commissioner for Trans-Jordan,
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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:
- Reports of an anti-Ibn Saud movement, allegedly organised by a society named Hizb-Al-Hejazi, based in Cairo, with additional members in 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 Mecca.
- Reports of rebels from the Hejaz entering 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 .
- The decision taken by the British Government to send HMS Penzance to Akaba [Aqaba], in the hope that it will have a 'restraining effect' if anti-Ibn Saud rebels retreat through Akaba.
- Rumours that the Egyptian Government is lending assistance to the movement.
- Suspicions that Amir Abdullah [ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] could be assisting the revolt.
- The possibility of closing 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.
- Reports of an alleged plot to assassinate Emir Faisal [Fayṣal bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd] during his forthcoming visit to Iraq.
- Measures taken by the Egyptian Government to prevent supplies and munitions from being sent by sea to rebels in the Hejaz.
- British concerns over the timing of the proposed visit of King Ali [‘Alī bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] to 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 .
- Whether the British should make attempts to persuade Amir Abdullah to conclude a treaty of friendship with Ibn Saud.
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.
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- 1 volume (469 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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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