File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- File 3665/1924 Pt 3 ‘Arabia:- Situation 1924. Wahabi attack on Trans-Jordania; Hedjaz - Trans-Jordanian Boundary.’
- Date:
- 1924/1925
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers concerning a Wahabi [Wahhabi] attack on Transjordan (or Trans Jordan [Jordan]) in August 1924. The papers cover: initial reports of an attempted raid by Wahabi troops on Amman on 14 August 1924; the repulsion of the attack by British ground and air forces; Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] protest at the British action against Wahabi troops, and the British Government’s rebuttal of this protest; discussion concerning the precise location of boundary between Transjordan, Hejaz, and Najd, with particular reference to the towns of Akaba [Aqaba] and Tebuk [Tabuk], and the Ma’an vilayet; a sketch map of the boundary, illustrating an India Office note written by John Percival Gibson (f 104).The item’s principal correspondents include: the Assistant Under Secretary of State at the Colonial Office, John Evelyn Shuckburgh; the Foreign Office; the Air Ministry; the Chief British Representative in Transjordan, Charles Henry Fortnom Cox; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Francis Beville Prideaux (through whom the British Government corresponded with Ibn Saud); the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery.Physical description: 1 item (168 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Boundaries
- Geographic region:
- Transjordan
- Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100076863287.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100076863287.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/10/1125/2
IOR/L/PS/10/1125/2