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'Arabia. Political Situation in Nejd' [‎131r] (2/10)

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The record is made up of 1 file (4 folios). It was created in Oct 1920. 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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Note on the Political Situation in Nejd at end of July 1920.
Gathered from conversations held with—
(1) Abdul Aziz A1 Qnsaibi, Bin Saud's Agent in Bahrein.
(2) Fahad A1 Bassam, merchant of Qassim and Hassa.
(3) Muhammad A1 Haw Was, merchant of Riyadh and Hassa.
(4) Bedouin visitors from Bani Hajar, Bani Khalid Dwasir and others.
1. Bin Saud, who for the last nine months has been reiterating the determination
of himself and the people of Kejd to Haj this year, has suddenly cried .off. This
after His Majesty's Government had gone to great trouble to make all arrangements,
such as collecting rations, &c., and taking guarantees, &c., from King Husain and
Bin Saud regarding the conduct of their respective subjects during the Haj season.
Bin Saud's excuses for his eleventh hour change of mind are—
(a) That it is impossible for him to restrict the numbers of people who want to
Haj from Nejd, especially if they know that he, their religious leader, has
stcirt^d
(b^ That it is equally impossible for him to restrict the number of his armed
men, seeing that every youth from the day he can walk, almost, carries a
• rifle'in Nejd. For him to interfere with such a time-honoured custom is
entirelv impracticable, and would be greatly resented. ^
(c) That the matter had been settled so late in the day by His Majesty s Govern-
ment, that with the best will in the world it was now too late to give
notice throughout Nejd that any sort of Haj was to start.
Government had firmly but quietly insisted on Bin Sand complying with their
r-onnpsts that as few pilgrims as possible should go this year, and as few armed m e n.
Hence Bin Sand's refusalto Haj gives the impression that the liuler ot Isejd,
i nva l t0 His Majesty's Government, finding he cannot restrain his people noi ge
tC to abide by Government's desires in the matter, has sacrificed his own wishes
and interests in order to please His Majesty's Government, and show his regard for
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His Majesty's Government and to the people of Nejd and Arabia generally. To think
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my reading of the events is tL . " not, lor a moment, wish to presume that
arrived at from close communication wkh Arabs o^everf dLSfptbul^B^J-
t T0 Set F eWS 0£ Nejd and aIIa,rS 0f Centra! ArlT 'here
settiiK^ hofit f a stone. Every person seems interested in preventing one
getting hold of the most ordinary news. Bin Saud, for one, does not like anVCwt
fTrrnT tV," 1 ?' Un r lt 1 P ( l m J ? S fr0m himself c!irect - 11 is rather natural. I believe he
i y ,binks we English frame our policy on the first bit of gossip we pick up.
(Sd.) H. R, P. D ickson, Major,
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. , Bahrein.
^ 0 Py> together with copy of the enclosure, forwarded to—
(1) The Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
(2) 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. , Koweit.
(Copies also sent to the Government of India and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.)
Con fident inl
B. 349.

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This printed report contains a memorandum by Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, 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. , Bahrein [Bahrain], dated 12 August 1920, concerning the political situation in Nejd [Najd] and Central Arabia at the end of July 1920, gathered from conversations with Abdul Aziz Al Qusaibi [‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Quṣaybī], the agent at Bahrain of Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, Ibn Saud]; Fahad Al Bassam [Fahad Āl Bassām], merchant of Qassim [al-Qaṣīm] and Hassa [al-Aḥsā’]; Muhammad Al Hawwas [Muḥammad Āl Ḥawwās], merchant of Riyadh and Hassa; and Bedouin visitors from Bani Hajar [Banī Hājir], Bani Khalid [Banī Khālid], Dawasir [al-Dawāsir] and other tribes. The note primarily focuses on Ibn Saud's relations with Ibn Rashīd.

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Foliation: The foliation for this sequence commences at folio 131, and terminates at folio 134, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between folio 7-153 of the volume; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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