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File 7251/1920 Pt 3 'Arabia: Situation and Policy; Agenda for Inter Departmental Committee Meetings' [206v] (49/268)
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autonomous rulers K
ImZ^nd was P not intended to cover the whole Peninsula or to exclude the recognition
of ‘^-“^Htsimmr'will no doubt be in a position to recommend which rulers
i ut„ referred to in any conversations with Ibu Kashid, and 1 am to suggest, for
Mr Montagu’^ consideration'; that his views should be invited in advance, m order that
a decision may he reached as to the line winch he should follow ,n his conversations.
” Curzon considers that the Civil Commissioner Bagdad, should also be
instructed to warn Ibn Rashid against the aggression on Ibn Sand and that a failure
lo accent this warning will be detrimental to h.s hope of establishing permanent
relations with His Majesty s Government. ^ ^ ^
The Under-Secretary of State,
India Office
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[75632/M.E./44]
Cypher Telegram to General Allenhy (CairoX
(No ) Foreign Office, May 24, 1919, 5 p.m.
Your telegram No. 709 of 4th May : Treaty with Imam.
Peace delegation are of opinion that there might be some advantage in expediting
conclusion of treaty with Imam as, if and when the question of Arab,a comes to he
discussed by Peace Conference, His Majesty’s Government might be in a stronger
position if thev were able to explain that a treaty was already in existence They are
content however, to leave the date of Colonel Jacob’s visit to you and myself.
1 doubt, the possibility of excluding the question of boundaries from the proposed
treaty and 1 consider that its final conclusion will have to be postponed till after the
eace settlement. Nevertheless, I think it would be well to open negotiations forth-
with both to strengthen our case at Paris and to reassure the Imam. You should
arcordinfflv despatch Colonel Jacob without delay to open preliminary discussions
He shoiihi explain to the Imam that His Majesty’s Government have no intention of
interfering in internal affairs, hut are anxious to see the principles of cohesion and
co-operation supersede separation and discord in Arabia. They realise that this policy
can only be successful with the goodwill of the autonomous rulers of A rabia, through
whom alone they propose to deal. Excluding the Aden protectorate, the autonmnous
rulers concerned are King Hussein, the Imam himself, Ibu Saud, the Sultan of Shehi
■md Mokalla and the Idrisi, who, by his assistance to the Allied cause during the war,
has earned for himself a position which his Majesty’s Government propose to recognise.
With a view to establishing permanent friendly relations between these rulers, His
Majesty's Government have decided to invite them to conclude simultaneous treaties by
which each of them will recognise the independence of the others, and undertake to
submit all boundary questions and other causes of dispute to British arbitration in the
first place. His Majesty's Government will always he ready to use their influence in
return to respect and preserve their rights and liberties and to prevent internal
dissensions from resulting in hostilities. They will also gladly provide such advice and
guidance in questions affecting commercial development as may be invited by the rulers
concerned. . . . .
Colonel Jacob should also sound the Imam on the question of the relations between
King Hussein and the other overlords, making it clear that His Majesty’s Government
will in no case support any claim of one autonomous ruler to interfere with another
except with the concurrence and at the desire of both parties. Nothing should be said
at present on the question of relations with other Powers. If the point is raised,
Colonel Jacob should take the line that in the best interests of the Arabs themselves it
is clearly desirable that they should all accept the same referee, and that so far as he
is aware there is no question of any other Power laying claim to the traditional position
of His Majesty’s Government as the friend and protector of Arabia. When satisfactory
relations have been established on the above lines, he may proceed to a guarded
discussion of the Imam’s boundaries, professing his readiness to do all he can to support
his claims, but pleading lack of authority to make any definite pronouncement.
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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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