File [10/4] British relations with Ibn Sa`ud: title of Sultan of Najd; surrender of Hail; payment of British subsidies; Ikhwan attacks on Iraq frontier and Kuwait; institution of Najd passport [‎109r] (217/560)

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Telegram (en olair).
From Highcorna, Baghdad.
To Political, Bahrain; repeated to Kuwait,
No. 402.
Dated 5rd (Reed. 4th) April 19^2.
Please send following to Ibn Sa'ud. Begins:-
Your Highness’ reply regarding the attack perpetrated by Faisal
ad-Dawish and the Ikhwan with him against the 1 Iraq tribes at Abu
Ghar has been telegraphed to me 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.
The conciliatory and statesmanlike tone of it is what I confident
ly expected and is appreciated by the ’Iraq Government and myself.
Unfortunately, owing to the districts involved, it takes time for
Your Highness* effective orders to reach those bodies of your
adherents who seek to pursue their hostile raids into 1 Iraq ter
ritory, and, though my reports indicate that Faisal ad-Bawish and
his contingent have retired to Artawiyah, another raid has taken
place further west, a few miles from the Euphrates south of
Samawah. The assailants in this case, who are alleged to be the
party with Ibn Nuhaiyir, attacked sections of 'Iraq tribes without
the slightest provocation, and caused considerable loss of life
and property. Ishali address Your Highness further if necessary
if it is confirmed that Ibn Nuhaiyir was the aggreosof.
In the urgent circumstances existing, I am authorized by His
Majesty's Government to intimate to Your Highness and the 'Iraq
Government that, pending a settlement of the frontiers between
'Iraq and Najd by means of discussion between representatives of
the parties and the conclusion of a treaty in confirmation thereof)
it is essential in the Interest of peace that a temporary and
provisional frontier should be laid down without prejudice to the
subsequent negotiations,so that the tribes of the two parties
may be informed of it, and understand what their position is.
I am to announce that ^ the following is the frontier line
to be observed between the two territories;-
It will start fro Kharjah on the Batin, about forty miles
north-east of Hafar. From thence it will rfm due west, leaving
Hafar