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File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’ [‎147r] (171/340)

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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the Governorship of Madina to Sherif Haidar Ali.
Sheikh Fuad el Khatib is a man who is known to Ibn
Saud as one who would have adopted a moremoderate policy
with regard to Najd had Husain allowed it. Sheikh Fuad
nas been to Beirut ana. brought from there to Amman Amin
el Hihaxii who is one of Ibn Saud's trusted agents. On
their way to Amman the following telegram was sent off from
Haifa by Amin el Rihani on the 20th October
M A1 Gosaibi Bahrein. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Communicate
following to Sultan immediately STOP Please make
no further advances in the Hijaz till I see you STOP
Important matters to comuni cate verball}'- STOP
Proceeding soon via Jeddah.”
This telegram was also sent by wireless to King Ali
asking that it might be transmitted to Ibn Saud via Mecca.
Sheikh Fuad has persuaded Amin el Rihani to accom
pany him at once to Jeddah and it is their intention to
consult Ali and then proceed inland to meet Ibn Saud and
attempt to arrange for the cessation of hostilities.
in
It has been my object/this letter to show that
the Hijaz Government is in a proper frame of mind to come
to reasonable terns, that there are people at work to
influence Ibn Saud to accept those terms, that it would be
very inconvenient to His Majesty’s Government to have the
Hijaz under Wahabi influence and that therefore it would
be well for His Majesty’s Government to take what steps are
possible to prevent Ibn Saud’s further advance and to pre
vail upon him to agree that, having played his part in
deposing Husain, he should now evacuate the Hijaz.
(sgd) C.H.F.COX.
Chief British Representative.

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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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File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’ [‎147r] (171/340), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1125/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100076739291.0x000064> [accessed 23 April 2024]

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