"الجزيرة العربية. اتفاقية مع السيد الإدريسي بخصوص جزر فرسان ومسائل أخرى". [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٣] (٤/٤)

At our first meeting the Idnsi could not understand whose intei\on c
we fen red It could not be an enemy, for we surely had control of the Ived
Sei outlets. As for allies, were then- not our friends ? If they interfered-
m-if we would anticipate such a contretemps we should tell them that the
islands were Idrisi, seized by him from the enemy, manned by him, and his
Hag hoisted, to show his occupation, and, finally, that he was under Bn mi
Pr0t Such announcement seems to me very essential. 1 am not aware of any
future eut-and-dried division of the several interests m the Red Sea, bin it
had occurred to me that to hoist our flag and to land our troops would savour
of British occupation and place these islands facto within the category
T .»i
fc—tSSw 1"!' ««* piaectioii alter peace
is concluded is very problematical, if at all possible.
The Idrisi would not sign the English copy. It was unreasonable, he
said to si-n what vou cannot understand. He however retained both Arabic
and English copies. 1 did not press him to comply. His case is a peculiar
The a-reement was concluded and signed, after much cross role re nee,
on the evening of the 22nd instant, and ll.M.S. Mmlo was asked by
wireless telegraphy on 23rd idem to remove troops and Hag, which he did
that same da^. -vr tt at o 7> ,.t i
l would thank Commander G. Arnot, 1 i..n. 11., ll.M.S. 1 erth, and
Lieutenant L. P. Nalder, R.N.V.R., the Political Officer of the Southern Red
Sea Patrol, for their cordial co-operation in dealing with the Idrisi. lie is
the most suspicious and the most exclusive individual of his class 1 have
ever encountered in Arabian polities. A give-and-take policy was indicated,
as he himself was only too ready to remind me.
(Signed) JI. F. -Tacob, Lieutenant-Colonel,
H MS. Perth, First Assistant Resident, Aden.
21th January PJl 7.