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Coll 6/45 'Nejd-Transjordan Frontier Affairs.' [280r] (566/1040)
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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRIT»n B ,. MAJESTY'!
EASTERN (Arabia).
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[E 2291/31/25]
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May 3, 1933.
Section 3.
Sir Ryan to Sir John Simon—(Received May 3.)
(No. 100. Confidential.)
Sir
WITH reference to my printed desnafoh 4, 1933.
the honour to forward a translation ^ : 19th March, I have
Fuad Bey Hamza, dated the 29th March pf c . onfid ® ntial l ett er from
regarding measures taken to counteract anti I' t0 J 1111 ! 6 ° f t i le 19t]l Marc h
reply entirely satisfactory iXnTthl FF f 1 COnsider this
connexion in the near future provided dlffic ^ arise in
are careful not to compromise themselves and mirs Abdullah and Shakir
possible are taken to counter the machLatio" of tL^tbbTgrX & who^will
doubtless persist m them where and when they can. uaDDa S ns > &<=., who will
ffskefr^F^ S^^’fktfen
the King's meanfng was thft HirM^st/h^nTt doXdMtish^
for a moment even at times when there had been appearances of a changed
attitude and of strain. I said that, if this were the intention I was in full
accord with the King. I reminded Fuad Bey how often I had tried to get Ibn
did n 0 ralter 1S th a e f 1 ^ 8 t0 Ttw disa g re ements which arose at times
I added thlt tb/A da T e ?l al 7 frl . en f y attltude of His Ma j^ty’s Government.
r f l pJ 116 Hashimites having been mentioned in the course of this conversation
took the opportunity of telling Fuad Bey that it was true that His Majesty’s
Government supported and befriended the Hashimite rulers in their own domain
without prejudice to their desire to see Ibn Saud secure and stable in his. The
oest proof oi this, I said, was their perseverance in efforts to promote a settlement
oetween this country 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
, in the pursuance of which they had
separated the questions of recognition and treaty-making, with the express obiect
of not allowing the undeniable difficulties of the latter to delay the solution, now
nappily arrived at, of the first.
4. I am sending copies of this despatch and enclosure to His Majesty’s
Ambassador at Bagdad, to His Majesty’s High Commissioners for Egypt and
fransjordan, and to His Majesty’s Chief Commissioner at Aden.
I have, &c.
ANDREW RYAN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
Fuad Bey Hamza to Sir A. Ryan.
(Translation.)
(Personal and Confidential.)
Gear^Sir Andrew, Mecca, March 29, 1933.
1 RECEIVED with the greatest pleasure your personal and confidential
Dote of the 19th March, 1933, regarding the measures taken by the British
overnment against those who have been associated in subversive activities
a gamst His Majesty the King. I submitted the contents of your above-mentioned
a °te to His Majesty the King shortly after his return. I am glad to confirm
once more that His Majesty, despite changes of circumstance and condition and
merence of outward appearance and form, has never for a day doubted 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:
- Mutual recognition between Ibn Saud and Amir Abdullah.
- The possibility of determining the nationality of tribes based on or near to the Saudi- 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 exchanges of personal communications between Amir Abdullah and Ibn Saud, and proposals for a meeting between the two rulers.
- Saudi-Yemeni relations.
- Amir Abdullah's visit to Bagdad [Baghdad] in April 1934.
- Reported anti-Saudi activities 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 .
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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