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'Foreign Office Memorandum on Arabian Policy.' [6r] (11/20)
The record is made up of 1 file (10 folios). It was created in c 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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[P 6027]
Sir,
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.
, October 14, 1919.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to reply to your letter
No. 1o 1109/ ME /44 a , dated the 29th September, relative to instructions to be given to
the Civil Commissioner, Bagdad, regarding his forthcoming meeting with Iba Rashid.
I am to enclose copy of a draft telegram which, subject to the concurrence of" Lord
Curzon, Mr. Secretary Montagu proposes to send to Colonel Wilson.
As Colonel Wilson has intimated that he will meet Ibn Rashid in the autumn, I
am to request the favour of an early reply.
I am,
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
Copy of Enclosed Draft Telegram.
To Civil Commissioner, Bagdad,
Your telegram No. 8965 of 7th August, proposed meeting with Ibn Rashid*
Please see your telegram No. 11163 of 21st September, and Foreign Office
telegram No. 642 of 24lh May, sent by mail of 29th May. Firstly, at meeting
with Ibn Rashid you should advise him that failure to comply with your warning
against aggression on Ibn Saud will be detrimental to his hope of permanent relations
with His Majesty's Government. Secondly, your discussion should follow general
policy of Foreign Office telegram under reference, but list of autonomous rulers therein
was confined to those likely to be affected by agreement with Imam, and was not
intended to exclude Ibn Rashid or others deserving recognition. It will doubtless be
necessary to mention others in your conversations with Ibn Rashid Please telegraph
for prior approval of His Majesty's Government names of those whom you would add
to list tor this purpose.
[141319/ME/44I
Sir, Foreign Office, October 20, 1919.
I am directed by Earl Curzon of Kedleston to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter No. 6027 of the 14th October, on the subject of Ibn Rashid, and to say that
his Lordship concurs in the terms of the telegram which Mr. Secretary Montagu
proposes to send to Colonel Wilson.
I am, &c.
The Under-Secretary of State,
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.
.
(P. 8352.)
Sir,
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.
, January 15, 1920.
With reference to your letter No. 141319 /ME /44A dated the 20th October last, in
regard to the proposed meeting between Colonel Wilson and Ibn Rashid, I am directed
by the Secretary of State for India to forward for submission to the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs copy of a telegram from Colonel Wilson* conveying his suggestions
as to the additions to be made to the list of autonomous rulers for the purposes of the
proposed conversations.
Mr. Montagu proposes, subject to Lord Curzon's concurrence, to approve Colonel
Wilson's suggestions.
I am, &c.
J. E. SHUCKBURGH.
The Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office.
Copy of Enclosed Telegram.
From Civil Commissioner, Bagdad, December 15, 1919.— {Repeated to India by post.)
•
(15123.) My telegram dated 31st October, 13000.
Muscat, Bahrein, Koweit, Mohammerah Trucial Chiefs might be included. I do
not think it necessary to mention anyone else. Most recent information indicates Bin
* No. 15123, dated 15th December, with copy of telegram No. 13t00, dated 31st October.
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This printed memorandum deals with the question of the political and financial obligations that the British Government should in future incur in relation to Arabia, in view of the forthcoming negotiations in Paris between Britain, France and the other allied powers on the subject of Arabia [the Paris Peace Conference, 1919-20]. The memorandum is signed 'H. W. Y.' [Major Hubert Winthrop Young].
Arabia is defined in the memorandum as the area bounded on the north-west by the peninsula of Sinai and the British mandate of Palestine and Trans-Jordan; on the north-east by the British mandate of Mesopotamia; on the east by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; on the south-east by the Indian Ocean; and the west by the Red Sea.
The memorandum includes draft treaty proposals of the British delegation to Paris (Appendix A, folios 4-5), and the main body of the document discusses the articles of the proposed treaty in relation to the various constituent parts of the Arabian peninsula, as defined by the British, including the Kingdom of the Hedjaz [Hejaz, al-Ḥijāz], Nejd [Najd], Yemen, and the Gulf littoral states. The memorandum asserts the right of the British Government to recognition of their special position in Arabia in view of Britain's longstanding relations with many of the region's rulers (folio 1). There are three further appendices: Appendix B (folios 5-6) contains transcriptions of relevant correspondence issued by the Foreign Office and the 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 1919-20, relating to the sub-divisions into which Arabia had been divided for the purposes of the document; Appendix C (folios 7-8) contains minutes of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 17 April [1920] to discuss the question of subsidies to Arab rulers; and Appendix D (folios 8-10) contains a Foreign Office memorandum dated 13 July 1920 concerning the question of the continuance of financial support by the British Government to King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the Hejaz.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 10 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the system used to determine the order of pages.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-18. These numbers appear in the top centre of each page.
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