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File 7251/1920 Pt 3 'Arabia: Situation and Policy; Agenda for Inter Departmental Committee Meetings' [‎195r] (25/268)

The record is made up of 1 item (133 folios). It was created in 25 Jun 1920-4 Dec 1920. 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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Lohoiya, 22nd Octr.1920*
To,
Ma'jor C .0. J.Barrett, C.I.E. ,
First Assistant Resident, Aden.
Mpmorandnm.
With reference to your endorsement No. C-79Q,
dated the 11th instant, I have nothing to: add to what I have
already written to you on the subject in my aomi-offioial
letter of the 18th instant, hut I would like to submit the
following remarks on the present political situation in the
Yemen*
1. Though the general political outlook in the Yemen
is not promising, I am not prepared, as yet, to draw any
alarming conclusions from it. I regard the pro-Turkish party
in Hodeida mostly responsible for spreading all disquieting
and perturbing hows.
2. I do not, however, deny that a certain amount of
disquietude does exist and has a definite cause at its Caasis
viz: our continued.and indefinite occupation of Hodeida and
Salif, and our enemies never leave a chance of exploiting
this fact in undermining our, as well as the £drisi r s in
fluence in these parts.
3. Cur presence in the above places and our indefini
te policy with regard to them -
(a) Is exercising an unwholesome effect on all the Arabs
generally and on the people of Yemen and Asir particu
larly.
(b) Is affording a strong weapon in the hands of our ene
mies — the Imamo-iladimic party to successfully preach
a wide anti-British and anti-Idrisi propaganda.
(c) Is alienating the synpathies of the illiterate and
fanatical tribes from the Idrisi and thus handicapping
the latter seriously in his task of governing and en
lightening them. Such a result is not ai all a matter
/of
/rt /

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This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between 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 , Hejaz, Yemen, and the Idrisi state, as well as policy in Arabia more generally. Correspondence comes from officials at the 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. , Foreign Office, War Office, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Aden, the Office of the High Commissioner in Palestine, the Office of the High Commissioner in Cairo, the Office of the High Commissioner in Iraq, and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Jeddah. Further correspondence comes from King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the Hejaz, his sons Emir Abdullah [ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] and Emir Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], the French Ambassador in London, and officials of the German and United States Governments.

This part deals with relations between Nejd and the neighbouring territories 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 , the Hejaz, Yemen, and the Idrisi state. Matters covered include the supply of Arms to the Idrisi, control of Hodeidah and the proposed withdrawal of the British garrison there, the British subsidy to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]of Nejd, efforts to reach an agreement between the Hejaz and Nejd, trouble along the 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 boundary involving the Ikhwan and local tribes, and future British policy in the region.

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File 7251/1920 Pt 3 'Arabia: Situation and Policy; Agenda for Inter Departmental Committee Meetings' [‎195r] (25/268), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/937/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079424930.0x0000c5> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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