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File 57/1928 Pt 19 'Nejd-Transjordan Frontier situation.' [‎177r] (364/1052)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (522 folios). It was created in 8 Sep 1930-29 Jan 1931. 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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Government that the officer selected ehould be totally
unconnected with local administration had made it impossible
to appoint an officer with close personal knowledge of the
particular areas affected. Mr.MaoPonnell, however, who had
eventually been selected to carry out the enquiry, had a wide
experience of tribal disputes in Htfypt and the budan, and wae
in every way fully qualified to conduct an investigation into
Arab tribal affairs. Mr.MacDonnell had, from the first,
decided that the beat method of procedure in hla difficult
task would be the customary one of taking evidence on oath.
His Majesty's Government understood that an oath was generally
regarded in Arabia as particularly sacred, and that it was a
common practice in disputes of this kind to regard evidence
given on oath as conclusive. The oheikh replied to this
observation that there was an Arabian proverb to the effect
that a thief regarded his theft as covering the lesser offence
of a subsequent falsehood, and that men who were ready to raid
and loot the property of other® might therefore not hesitate to
swear to false evidence.
6. As regards the sheikh's allusion to the difficulty
of the production of Hejaa-Nejd witnesses, it was pointed out
that Mr«MaoDonnell himself had considered this point in the
course of his discussions at Jedda, and had desired to be
allowed to proceed to Hejaz-Hejd territory as occasion arose in
order to complete his enquiry. King Ibn >aud had, however,
raised objection to Mr.MaeDonnell entering his territory, and
in these circumstances the Kejasi Government could hardly
complain of the difficulty of tranaporting Hejaa-Nejd witae^es
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 . The Minister admitted that this was the ea*e,
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The volume concerns diplomatic negotiations over the settlement of frontier issues 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 the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.

The file includes correspondence from: the Colonial Office; the Foreign Office; 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 ; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Jeddah; and Fuad Hamza, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd.

The papers cover: the arbitration investigations of Mervyn Sorley MacDonnell [who was appointed by the British Government to examine claims arising from cross-border raids]; correspondence from MacDonnell concerning the use of the oath in Bedouin disputes, September 1930; correspondence concerning an insult to the Hejaz and Nejd Agent at Amman (Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Zeid) in September 1930 by Hamad bin Jazi, of the Howaitat [Banū al-Ḥuwayṭāt] tribe, including the personal attitude to the insult of Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], as 'the effective "Hejaz Government"'; reports of continuing cross-border raids into both 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 Hejaz and Nejd; report by Royal Air Force Headquarters, Jerusalem, on the possibility of aggression by Ibn Saud against 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 or the Yemen (folios 235-243); complaints by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mecca, of 'insults' against their Agent, and representatives of their tribes, from certain subjects of 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 at Amman, October 1930; and protests by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mecca, against raids.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (522 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 57 (Iraq-Nejd Relations) consists of sixteen volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1234-1249. The volumes are divided into nineteen parts, with each part comprising one volume, apart from parts 4-5, 7-8, and 17-18, which each comprise a single volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 518; 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 leading and ending flyleaves.

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