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File 57/1928 Pt 4 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Mission of Sir G. Clayton to Ibn Saud.' [40r] (81/1364)
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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This action on the part of His Majesty is
contrary to the provisions of the Bahra Agreement,
though indirectly so. It is difficult to bring
up stronger evidence than that which we have given
of the policy pursued by His Majesty Ibn Sa*ud for
the extension of his influence by enticing 1 Iraqi
tribes to denounce their original allegiance.
We may add in this connection that since the
conclusion of the Bahra Agreement no Najdi tribe or
Section has emigrated into ‘Iraq, notwithstanding the
fact that ‘Iraq Government officials have received many
secret requests from certain Shaikhs of Najd
expressing their desire to come over to ‘Iraq. The
‘Iraq Authorities have, however, met these requests
with refusal and did not encourage the,applicants to
pursue their intentions in this direction.
The ‘Iraq Government have fulfilled all
their promises in connection with the Shammar
refugees in 'Iraq. That most of them have returned
to Najd in the course of the last two years is only
due to the ‘Iraq Government having categorically
refused to meet their requests for permission to
remain in ‘Iraq and advised them to return to Najd.
The fickle nature of the bedouin, their
poverty and greed, are well known. Accordingly,
whatever may be said otherwise, bedouin can always
be found who are ready to sell their allegiance for
gifts and monetary allowances. Can there be any
greater proof of the ‘Iraq Government having
fulfilled the obligations placed upon then by the
Bahra Agreement that the fact that no Najdi section
or tribe has emigrated from the Najd into 'Iraq
since
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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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