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File 2182/1913 Pt 11 'Arabia: relations with BIN SAUD Hedjaz-Nejd Dispute' [‎372r] (298/678)

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The record is made up of 1 item (336 folios). It was created in 16 Oct 1919-28 May 1920. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Hassa 10th February 1920,
CiTil Coirmiissioner, Baghdad,
Itemo ran dum.
In continuation of my telegrams H 3, H4, and H 7
dated 5th, 6 th, 7th February refpectively, I beg to :
submit this memorandum which will inform you in fuller
detail of all Bin Saud has had to say to me.
In addition to this communication I propose
submitting to you copy of my Diary kept since the day
I left Bahrain, It will I hope throw additional light
on the atmosphere surrounding me here, and on other
matters to do with Bin Baud, Hesa and ! r ajd* Accompany
ing the Diary will be a map of Hasa Oasis, also va
rious sketches and panorama,
A, Since February 4th I have had daily interviews with
Bin Sgud, On some days we have had two interviews,
Theie have always been held in private when anything has
Been discussed of a Political nature. On all occasions
Bin Saud has treated me with the greatest courtesy,
friendship and consideration. He was encouraged to open
his mind to me and keep nothing back,
I have refrained from submitting this report earlier
Because I desired to give Bin Saud ample opportunity of
unburdening himself and getting over his first natural
restraint with me, I think I have been justified in
doing bo, though I realize the inconvenience the delay
in receipt of this report must have given you. As tne
days have passed Bin Saudts manner has become more friend
ly and I think he has now unburdened himself of all he^
had in his mind,
B . First and foremost I should like to mention that
# t^e thinn v^hioh has struck me most in conversation with
Bin Soud, has been the efficiency of Ms intelligence

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Part 11 concerns British policy regarding the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz] over Khurma and Tarabah [Turabah]. Much of the correspondence documents the efforts of the British to persuade the two leaders to agree to meet. It is initially proposed that the two should meet at Jeddah; however, it is reported by the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, that Bin Saud refuses to meet King Hussein at Jeddah, Aden, or Cairo, and suggests a meeting at Baghdad instead. A number of other possibilities are discussed, including the following: the Secretary of State for India's proposal of a meeting of plenipotentiaries, either at Khurma or Tarabah, as an alternative to a meeting between the two leaders themselves; a suggestion by the High Commissioner, Egypt, that the two leaders meet in London; a proposal from Lord Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon], Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that Bin Saud should be induced to meet King Hussein on board a British ship at Jeddah, or, as is later suggested, at Aden.

Also included are the following:

  • an account from Captain Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, political officer in charge of the Nejd Mission, which recounts the last days of the mission's stay in Paris, in late December 1919;
  • a report from the High Commissioner, Egypt, on his recent meeting with King Hussein, which relays the latter's views on the allocation of control of Syria to France;
  • discussion regarding the growing power and influence of Bin Saud's Akhwan [Ikhwan] forces;
  • a note on the dispute by Harry St John Bridger, in which he volunteers to induce Bin Saud to agree to a meeting at any place (outside of Hejaz) suggested by His Majesty's Government;
  • memoranda and diary entries written by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, all of which discuss at length Dickson's interviews with Bin Saud at Hasa [Al Hasa] in January and February 1920;
  • extracts from a report by the British Agent, Jeddah, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edwin Vickery, which recounts his recent interviews with King Hussein and the King's son, Emir Abdullah [ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī].

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