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File 57/1928 Pt 3 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Mission of Sir G. Clayton to Ibn Saud.' [‎6r] (16/938)

The record is made up of 1 volume (463 folios). It was created in 23 Mar 1928 - 26 Jun 1928. 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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Minute Paper.
Department,
NejcL, both of these latter points obligations
under existing Treaties with Ibn Saud,
In paragraphs 13 to 18 of his letter,
the A.O.C. sets out the conclusions which would,
in his view, follow from acquiescence in the- ^
claim by Ibn Saud that under the first Oqair
Protocol, concentration of troops in the
vicinity of wells situated in the vicinity of
the Frontier is forbidden. His conclusion is
briefly that the admission of such a claim
would make effective patrolling of the
Frontier or defence of the Iraq tribes
exceedingly difficult, would drive the defensive
line back to the Euphrates and Hamar Lake and
would ultimately, by depriving the Iraq tribes of
confidence in Iraq, lead to their desertion to
Nejd, with the result that the whole of the
desert up to the Euphrates would be Nejd
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territory and that towns and villages of the
Euphrates Valley would have to be fortified.
In the-se-circumstances he anticipates that
an increase of 4 battalions, 2 squadrons and
2 armoured car companies over those at present
maintained by the British and Iraq Governments
in Iraq would be necessary.
There is no doubt considerable
foundation for the Air Officer Commanding’s view
that a defence system of some sort, not too
far behind the Frontier is necessary if the Iraq
tribes are to be kept together and prevented
from either raiding or deserting to Ibn Saud.
It remains to be seen from Sir Gilbert Clayton’s
report to what extent the King of the Hedjaz

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The volume concerns the mission of Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton in 1928 to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], King of the Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz] and of Najd and its Dependencies. The purpose of the mission was to conduct negotiations concerning the frontier between Ibn Saud's territories and Iraq and Trans-Jordan, and to discuss relations between the states.

In addition to 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. correspondence and memoranda, the file includes correspondence from: the Colonial Office, the High Commissioner for Iraq, 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. , the Foreign Office, HM Consul and Agent, Jeddah, and Ibn Saud.

The papers include: draft instructions to Clayton prepared by the Colonial Office; Air Ministry 'Memorandum on Air Matters in which Ibn Saud and His Majesty's Government are Mutually Interested' (folios 379-385), and 'Brief History of Negotiations with Persia' (folios 386-388); memorandum entitled 'Situation in Najd', by Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector, to the Ministry of the Interior, Government of Iraq, containing remarks on the character of Ibn Saud, and discussion of whether Ibn Saud had been the instigator of tribal raids on Iraq; correspondence concerning the inclusion in the mission of British officials in Iraq (Lieutenant-Colonel Kinahan Cornwallis, Adviser to the Ministry of the Interior, and Glubb); the defence of the frontier zone; and the export of ammunition to the Hejaz.

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 (463 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 465; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-462; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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