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File 2182/1913 Pt 7 'Arabia: Policy toward Ibn Saud' [60r] (115/420)
The record is made up of 1 item (206 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1918-7 Aug 1918. 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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that what has been sent to me and also it is the same as
your letter which you wrote to Ibn Meammar that he should
warn the people of Qasira afid those of Washm. This is
contradictory to wisdom and religion. If there is any
anger, discussion of consultation this is between you and
myself. The people neither big nor small has nothing to do
with it. If there is an intention that I -should be harmed,
the subjects should not be at all touched with any harm.
The ruler has to defend his subjects. The people of Nejd
are weak and are in the hands of God and under my order.
They cannot do anything for themselves or arrange for their
matters without these means. The crime you have imputed to
them is impossible and of no grounds. I never say that the
people of Nejd do not like to proceed and spend their money
in every town, but they are afraid of us and we are obliged
to prevent them owing to our interests from two points of
view, ihe first is that these people whom you say are
assisting the Turks or Ibn Rachid are enemies to us our
fathers and grandfathers before they became enemies with the
British oi’ you. Prom this point of view we never accept to
assist them or make any good for them, the fact which every
body either wise or otherwise know quite well and nobody ever
thinks that we may do the contrary. The second is that we
are in agreement with Great Britain, how is it then that we
can accept to do contrarily. You should look carefully in
the matters referring to our interests and those of our
subjects and put the things in their proper places,
I trust that you, God willing, will understand every
thing. Indeed I have written too much and lengthened the
letter, but I am obliged to do this owing to the necessity for
same.
You will, God willing, realise, believe and be sure
that we are of and for you against your enemies unless you
may oblige us to do what we could not do without. This is
forwarded
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Part 7 primarily concerns relations between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz].
It includes discussion as to whether Britain should provide Bin Saud with military assistance to enable him to take decisive action against Bin Rashid (also referred to as Ibn Rashid) [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd, Emir of Ha'il]. The policy advocated by the Government of India is that Bin Saud should be 'kept in play' by gifts of money but that arms and military instructors should be supplied sparingly. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox and Harry St John Bridger Philby, on the other hand, favour an offensive against Hail [Ha'il] by Bin Saud, with British assistance. Also included are the following:
- a memorandum from the War Cabinet's Middle East Committee, on the position of Bin Rashid in relation to other Arab rulers;
- a note entitled 'Relations With Ibn Sa'ud', prepared by the Arab Bureau's Irak [Iraq] section, which provides a British perspective on Britain's relations with Bin Saud from 1899 onwards;
- notes on conversations held between Colonel Cyril Edward Wilson and Major Kinahan Cornwallis of the Arab Bureau, and Emir Abdulla [ʿAbdullāh bin al-Ḥusayn], son of King Hussein, during December 1917;
- a copy of a report by David George Hogarth on his interviews with King Hussein at Jeddah;
- a memorandum from 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 Kuwait, Colonel Robert Edward Archibald Hamilton, which is primarily concerned with relations between Kuwait and Riyadh;
- notes by Hamilton on Bin Saud, based on conversations with the latter at Riyadh in November 1917;
- correspondence between British officials regarding King Hussein's attempt to reoccupy Khurma and its impact on his relations with Bin Saud.
This item features the following principal correspondents:
- Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger];
- Secretary to 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. 's Political Department (John Evelyn Shuckburgh);
- High Commissioner, Egypt (General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate);
- War Office;
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox;
- Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Montagu];
- Foreign Office;
- King Hussein;
- Bin Saud.
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- Title
- File 2182/1913 Pt 7 'Arabia: Policy toward Ibn Saud'
- Pages
- 58r:60v
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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