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File 57/1928 Pt 4 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Mission of Sir G. Clayton to Ibn Saud.' [24r] (49/1364)
The record is made up of 1 item (682 folios). It was created in 29 May 1928-4 Oct 1929. 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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Busaiyah, v^ry lacKing in grazing. Th/> only
good grazing occurred between Busaiyah and Kuwait.
Tribes fj ora as far afield as the iHosul Jazirah, the
Jasham, Muntafiq, Bufai*, Bu'aij, and Sa'adah, from
the southern Jazirah, the Zayyad from Sulman and
Shabicha and many others, mingled in p«ace in this
area, and profited by the grass to increase and
fatten th^ir animals. Bad these conditions occurred
two years ago, all these tribes would have suffered
heavy losses in their own diras. Th^y could not have
proceeded to the area of good grazing, which was the
diras of the Dhafir and Budur, who would not have
admitted them.
By this means thousands of camels and
hundreds of thousands of sheep were this year saved
from loss. These animals are as much an asset to
Iraq as are the date trees and wheat grown by
cultivators. All pay taxes and make trade. Wool
is about th* second largest export of Iraq.
To ensure good and safe grazing to nomads
is as much a productive measure as to ensure good
irrigation for crops.
Development of th*» Desert.
Th** desert is a valuable ass*»t to Iraq. The
large* Iraq trades In v.'ool, hiass and livestock, and the
meat and oil supply for the Iraq towns, depends largely
on grazing in the desert.
This grazing may be improved by artificial
means, as much as the irrigation of cultivation. Many
areas
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The part 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.
The papers cover: correspondence and minutes concerning the progress of negotiations; interim reports by Clayton; the application of the Uqair [Al-ʻUqayr] Protocol; reports by Captain John Bagot Glubb, Administrative Inspector, Southern Desert; negotiations over frontier posts and extradition; tribal raids; list of places through which Ibn Saud passed on his journey from Riyadh to Mecca in April to May 1928, with distances and times, sent to the Foreign Office as an indication of the state of the roads in the area (folios 396-399); printed copies of Clayton's reports, April-June 1928 (folios 302-348), and July-August 1928 (folios 69-90); papers concerning the breakdown of negotiations, August 1928; and minutes by George Habib Antonius.
The part includes correspondence from: Clayton, Ibn Saud, the High Commissioner for Iraq, HM Consul and Agent, Jeddah, and the Colonial Office.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/1237
- Title
- File 57/1928 Pt 4-5 'IRAQ NEJD RELATIONS'
- Pages
- 7r:11v, 20r:30v, 37r:62v, 410r, 596r:598v, 633r:635v, 709r:710v, 714r:715v
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- Government of Iraq
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