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'Arabia: The Nejd-Hejaz Feud' [11v] (3/8)
The record is made up of 1 file (3 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1919. 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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He , z t0 a Hue about 200 uules
Son of Ataiba highlands extend ng the , )(lim daTV of Nejd
Nairn; and as Sheril j el , rnfi st1y represent H ) that
falls back very nearlj 1o t su pp OS ed, and has two sides ; - tliat
matter is far more conip htat^ t^n 11 without raising widespread
Bin Sand cannot abandon Khuuna ^ that Kbnrn)a neve!
aistnrbance of ^ejd m 1^, • ^ u ^ in Baglldad telegram No. ,418,
snbmit to Sherifian attacks ,1"
dated 7th September Ulc.J ,
t - i o miv Le briefly summarised. On Hie
4. Recent developments ^Khmma , that ' reports of aggressive
26th November last Sir H. „'"I" ® e rev ^ving in the Hejaz ; aiid lhat, according
intentions " on the part of ^ ^ ^ ^ " Ikhwan " at Khurma had been
to the local Shenfial militaiv antho _ , later (Cairo telegram No. 18-.,
reinforced by 450 mounted men. • tlie Ikhwan had attacked and looted the
6th December) King Insam iepoi . Di fliat about 45 miles north of '1 ail, 1 be
main supply base ol the fo his capital, would " precipitate a ens,s.
King nrged that this aggie.. , eavet j bv an ultimatum from I lis JIajest\ s
and that the situation I.i " concentrations to disperse within do days. In a
Government reqvnnng a . ' j[ 0 1357 lot,h December) King Husain stated .hat
subsequent report (Lano teleg • ^ to be p,j n Sand's principal agent with
an 4khwan force under oulton Bin 1 U ' , (ls Mecca ." Commenting on this news
the militant Wahaois, was ?'^ C1 ' lg was110 l on ger a donbt, after the Digadiah
Sir B. Wingate ^rked h^ here wa^ . ofensive, and constitute a
".affair, that the Ikhwan at Khu 1 „ ] ed ^ " immediate despatch by
«. menace to the security of Mecca. ie con^en n to withdraw all
- His Majesty's Government of t0 h , m that failure or delay
" militant Ikhwan from neig )om ' ells j on of subsidy or closing of markets)
" in compliance will entad repnsals (YX rpp ort s fCairo telegram No. 1881,
"by His Majesty s Go%ernmt ,. '' lyu^jg t0 a point within 20 miles of
ho.®.!., b. ta. veceived.
iotioD ,,, Mr tkja," m appenra to have been debveel m cousequence ol the uon-
surrender of Medina by the Turks.
5 His Majesty's Government decided on the 13th December " to warn Bin Saud
" plainly that if he does not at once abandon and cause his followeis to abandun a
" aggressive action against Hejaz, and withdraw all militant Ikhwan ^w west of
"Khurma his subsidy will be stopped and we shall consider oursehes fiee to take
"such further measures as we may deem desirable for maintenance of peace m
44 (Vmril \sia " It was suggested that this message might make more impression
i£ ner&onaUy deliveted by Colonel Wilson from .Teddah; but the suggestion did not
commend itself to Sir K. Wingate and was accordingly dropped. Instructions to
forward the message from the Mesopotamian side were telegraphed to the Uvil
Commissioner, Baghdad, on the 24th December 1 he latter replied on the 2 ah
December, proposing to send the message by the. hand ol Captain Bra\, I oliticat
A cent at Bahrein, but asking to be furnished, as material for the propose!! ultimatum,
with u somewhat more recent and, if possible, more reliable information than ex parte
" allegations by King Husain, the veracity of whose previous reports as to Bin Sand
41 is not such as to inspire confidence." It is not known whether Sir R. Wingate has
taken any steps to supply the further particulars desired. The Egyptian authorities
are inclined to regard the proposed message (which merely requires the withdrawal
of Ikhwan west of Khurma) as not going far enough ; and Colonel Wilson (of Jeddah)
has expressed the view, which is shared by King Husain. that a " conflagration " is
unavoidable " unless Ikhwan are withdrawn from Khurma and Bin Saud's occupation
of that place through his Ikhwan ended " (Cairo telegram .No. 1927, 23rd December).
Mr. Philby, on tho other hand, has urged that His Majesty's Government should
intervene to prohibit Sherif from further aggression," 1 or should definitely recognise
Bin Sand's "suzerainty over Khurma (Baghdad telegram No. 10483, 29th
November).
6. On one point both Colonel Wilson and Mr. Philby are agreed, viz., that, failing
intervention by His Majesty's Government, an armed conflict is inevitable. The
question arises, if this view is accepted, whether w T e are bound to intervene, or
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This is a note by John Evelyn Shuckburgh of the Political Department, 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. , dated 7 January 1919, concerning relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] of Nejd [Najd] and King Hussain [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the Hejaz [al-Ḥijāz], specifically the dispute between them over the village of Khurma [al-Khurmah]. The note includes two appendices: 'Appendix I: Bin Saud's Claim to Khurmah (Extract from Memorandum by Mr [Harry St John Bridger] Philby, dated 13th August 1918)' and 'Appendix II: The Alleged Treaty Between Bin Saud and the Sherif'.
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Foliation: The foliation for sequence for this file commences at folio 11, and terminates at folio 13, 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 folios 7-153; 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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