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File 2182/1913 Pt 12 'ARABIA: RELATIONS WITH BIN SAUD (AMIR OF NEJD) (HEJAZ-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE)' [‎98r] (196/448)

The record is made up of 1 item (223 folios). It was created in 15 Mar 1920-21 Oct 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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Mecca now he calmly says Haj can be conveniently put off
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From Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.
To 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. .London, repeated to prodrome Cairo,
political Jeddah and Foreign Simla.
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Dated 27-7-20.
Your telegram of July 24th 56^
Bin Saud writing July 16th /‘protests against being
asked to limit number of pilgrims and armed men. He
claims that such a restriction is unfair and takes no
account of hie guarantees fo whom he says are
tying his hands hy compe 11 ing him to refer important
matters at the eleventh/hour, as it is impossible
for him to disregard cgi his own responsibility the orders
of G-overnment it is now practically impossible for him
to perform the pilgrimage as the orders of H.M.G. only
reached him on the/l 6 th July. Fnr this delay he reproaches
H.M 1 s Government/
He says he can neither give figures or limit numbers
of pilgrims who will start simultaneously up to a total
of 40,000 from $11 parts of Hajd as soon as they hear

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Part 12 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]. Much of the correspondence relates to (unsuccessful) efforts by the British to arrange a meeting between the two rulers. The correspondence discusses conditions and arrangements for a proposed meeting at Mecca (as suggested by Bin Saud), immediately after pilgrimage [Hajj].

The correspondence goes on to discuss details of an armistice agreement made between King Hussein's committee and the Nejd deputation, at Mecca. A translation of the agreement states that the two parties agree to end all hostile movements and resume negotiations as soon as possible through the British government.

Also included are the following:

  • details of a proposed gift of £5000 from the British government to Bin Saud (plus an honorary GCIE – Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire);
  • proposals of a payment of £30,000 by the British government to King Hussein, on the condition that the King signs a treaty with Turkey [the Treaty of Sèvres, which began the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire];
  • a copy (in Arabic) of the aforementioned Treaty;
  • news of reports that King Hussein's son, Sherif Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, also referred to in the correspondence as Amir Feisal], has been crowned King of Syria, and copies of translations of correspondence between Feisal and Bin Saud.

The item includes the following principal correspondents:

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File 2182/1913 Pt 12 'ARABIA: RELATIONS WITH BIN SAUD (AMIR OF NEJD) (HEJAZ-NEJD BOUNDARY DISPUTE)' [‎98r] (196/448), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/391/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100032475963.0x000006> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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