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File 57/1928 Pt 4 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Mission of Sir G. Clayton to Ibn Saud.' [211r] (419/1364)
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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reilection, lie was unaole to reconsider
nis attitude in regard to the advanced
posts. He represented that on this
, t
question ne was nov/pledged to his
people, who would never be content with
nere assurances in a Hist ter which ’t xioy
held to be vital, and in which he
personally shared their views to the
full. Although still inspired by
unalterable feelings of friendship
towards Great Britain, and convinced
that a policy of co-operation and
ami ty wi th His Brit an ni c Ma j e s ty ’ s
Government was in the best interests
of his c o an try, the qu e s t i o n of the
posts was one in which he was powerless
to subscribe to tne decision which His
Majesty’s Government had seen fit to
male e,
Sub s e quent. conversa tion s
failed to move King Ibn Saud from this
attitude' although his demeanour through
out
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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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- File 57/1928 Pt 4 'Iraq-Nejd Relations: Mission of Sir G. Clayton to Ibn Saud.'
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- iii-r:iii-v, 1r:6v, 12r:19v, 31r:36v, 63r:66v, 68r:80v, 82r:335v, 341v:349v, 352r:373v, 374v:384v, 385v:391v, 393r:409v, 410v:428v, 431r:595v, 599r:625v, 626v, 629r:632v, 636r:666v, 670r:675v, 676ar:676av, 676r:682v
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