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File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’ [82r] (41/340)
The record is made up of 1 item (168 folios). It was created in 27 Aug 1924-7 May 1925. 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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Pwaphrue* telegram frea th* Klg^i Commiseioner for Pelectlne
to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Dated 7th March
(Keeeived Coleftlar OfflaPTifJS p.-n. 7th > aroh. 1.)
Ad4r««»*<l^,JULjitlf#t.ar3r. Of ^ for th#? Colon!*# »o.6ft
• tnt to Buthlre Baghdadi ana ^tddnh iio.61.
Tran#*Jordan*Htd ,|ae frontior* J'utur# of th« loan
Vilay<?t . 1 haT® ditouBsod matter fully with Chief Brltieh
i
ii«pr#»antatiTt wrm ha# alwo obtained Kikabi*# Ti^welam
persuaded that proTlaional aeaaure# proposed in your telegram
**0.4? have no prospect of success as Abdullah Hussein and All
will unite in endeavouring to render them inoperative. Ho
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revenue is being collected in the Mean district under the
present regime: Hussein is providing all funds for
administrative and military purposes. It is therefore hopeles*
to expect the civil authorities at &aan to co-operate so long
as tl*y are paid by Hussein. Hor can the Oeneral Manager of the
Palestine Railways administer the railway# with safety or
effloienoy unless hs it assured of complete support and
oo-operation at the terminus* The question therefore resolves
(or)
Itself into necessity of paying for administration at J aan il
we desire any adequate control, '^n the other hand no great
difficulty presents itself if administration can be taken over
and paid. After discussion with Chief British representative
and Rikabi I coneider that interior administration and
adequate public security forces could be maintained in aan ( ^
(year to l»iuU ^ +
during the years 19*5 and 1926 by a grant in aid ol ten
thousand Igyptian pounds.
Development of the Administration and increase $ railway
receipts should react on financial situation at le^st in
1926-27 and unequivocably during forthco^in v** f * • *
should then be in a position to ensure that *san would not be
used as » base against Ibn baud. Occupation of that district
by Trans-Jordan would be a deterrent from any attack by him.
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Correspondence and other papers concerning a Wahabi [Wahhabi] attack on 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 Trans Jordan [Jordan]) in August 1924. The papers cover: initial reports of an attempted raid by Wahabi troops on Amman on 14 August 1924; the repulsion of the attack by British ground and air forces; Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] protest at the British action against Wahabi troops, and the British Government’s rebuttal of this protest; discussion concerning the precise location of boundary 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 , Hejaz, and Najd, with particular reference to the towns of Akaba [Aqaba] and Tebuk [Tabuk], and the Ma’an vilayet; a sketch map of the boundary, illustrating an 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. note written by John Percival Gibson (f 104).
The item’s principal correspondents include: the Assistant Under Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, John Evelyn Shuckburgh; the Foreign Office; the Air Ministry; the Chief British Representative 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 , Charles Henry Fortnom Cox; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Francis Beville Prideaux (through whom the British Government corresponded with Ibn Saud); the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery.
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- 62r:71v, 74r:74v, 80r:132v, 134r:223v, 226r:226v, 228r:229v
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