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Coll 6/45 'Nejd-Transjordan Frontier Affairs.' [‎126r] (258/1040)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (515 folios). It was created in 25 Feb 1933-21 Mar 1935. 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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is the oal^ man in the Bherifian family ?/ho aaa do a lot
of work st a
I enquired whether King Feisal ? s vims agreed
with those which His Highness had just expressed t© mBo
H@ replied emphaticalljr that their views were absolutely
identicalo 1 said that p in that esse it seemed probable
that King Foisal would have explained the©, to
ri^s l^ajesi^y 1 s Government 9 as he had just returned from
luropeo His Highness replied that ha did not know
if the King had done so or not* though he believed that
; His Majesty had no secret® from his friends the
/ , InglisfafUt)*
His Highness than took his leave* again assuring
.me of the vital importance of keeping the Imam T&hya out
/ of the Ifejas at all costs* adding that the Imam was
/
| now intensely powerful^ that ho had invited all the
\ lemen under his undisputed sway* and that* if he completed
j ; ,
the conquest of lejran* he would be ?/ithin striking
distance of Riyadh itself*in addition to being able to
threaten the Heja^ through fsire
I hope that I will not be thought to have acted
irregularly in submitting direct to the Colonial Office*
a report on a conversation which occurred before I left
Ammn» As stated above* however* the Amir Shakir mad©
these statements in a visit ostensibly made to say
goodbye* when nyr car and luggage was at the door* I could
not possibly have committed it to paper* without missing
the

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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 Amir Abdullah [ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] and Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd].

Much of the correspondence is concerned with the progress of 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 (including discussion regarding the precise wording of the text of the treaty) and with arrangements for the ratification of the concluded treaty (signed in Jerusalem on 27 July 1933). Other subjects of discussion include the following:

In addition to correspondence the volume includes the following: copies of a draft treaty of friendship 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 ; extracts from 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 political situation reports (1933-1934).

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 (folios 3-5).

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1 volume (515 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 515; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 156-176; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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