Coll 6/45 'Nejd-Transjordan Frontier Affairs.' [290r] (586/1040)
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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PJBJPHBASS TOnen the Co ml „„ OM . ,,
0x ' i,fe iTane Jordan
to the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Dated 10th June, 3 923^ HaoAivA^ ^ «* %
@ received m rha Colonial Offj be ftt
5,45 p.rn, on loth June, 192.2,
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Important.
Addressed to Jeddah Ho, 5b repeated to Secretary of State for the
Colonies No,75. Your telegram No.105 to the Foreign Office
repeated to me No.119 snd No.!?! to me repeated to Foreign Office
Ho.107,
1. Tomorrow 1 ^ a8ndins to Consul at Sues for transmission
by the quickest safe means detailed arguments supporting the
contention that Sirhan are Trane-Jordan trios. After considering
those arguments I have no doubt that they ought to be so regarded ’
wd Trans-Jordan insistence on explicit admission of this by the
iaudi Government should X think, only be withdrawn if essential tc
amd complete breakdoTO of negotiations for treaty,
2* Referring to main Saudi arguments: (1) the principal
habitat of the tribe is as described in handbook not the Wady
(Sirhau), I am informed that Y* : ady took its name from tribe after
their occupation of area about A.D. 1700 (ii) Statement of Glubb
that payment of subsidies by I bn Saud was inaovation last winter
is confirmed by Sirhan iheiirs* (Hi) Trans-Jordan view ia that
after occupation of Wady Sirhan tribe planted garden(s) and when
they were driven from the area some Sirhan stayed behind as
gardeners and submitted to Aneiea rule. These gardeners were the
ancestors of some of the present
fellaheen
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
in Wady Sirharu
Assertion of Glubb regarding Article 4 of Hadda Agreement was that
provision about right ownership was probably inserted on account
^ ^ r haii because no other tribes were known to possess immovable
Sporty there.
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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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