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File 2182/1913 Pt 7 'Arabia: Policy toward Ibn Saud' [146r] (293/420)
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to Ton Saud reclaiming the ancient rights of the
Bherifs of Mecca to the control of all the Ateiha and
all the Hard. Ibn Baud had naturally resented this
and had done his best to keep the tribes with him.
He had been unsuccessful and the matter had been legalised
by the Treaty of 1910. The Emir laid great stress
on this Treaty, which he claimed to be still in operation.
The main points, he said, were Ibn Baud’s recognition
of Sherif Hussein’s rights over the Ateiba and Qasim.
Ibn Baud had agreed not to tax the Ateiba and that Qasim
should pay a yearly contribution of £T 4,000 to the
Meccan Treasury. The Emir admitted that the latter
had never exacted any payment from Qasim, but claimed
that his father had been content with Ibn Baud’s
admission of Ms rights.
If Ibn Baud would abide by this treaty, there
would be no future trouble and he intended at an early
date to ask his father to guarantee officially to the
British Government the future independence of Ibn Saud
and his descendants within the boundaries and under
the conditions laid down in it. This guarantee His
Majesty’s Government would be asked to convey to Ibn
Baud. Colonel Wilson asked for a copy of the Treaty,
which the Emir promised to obtain from Mecca.
I pointed out to the Emir that the Ateiba were
numerous in Nejd, that they held large stretches of
grazing land and many wells and that it seemed hardly
reasonable to expect that Ibn Baud would be content with
an arrangement which might cause him a great deal of
trouble and from which he would reap no benefit. The
Emir replied that they would go to Ibn Saud on small
matters but would have the right of ultimate appeal to
the King. The distance between Nejd and Mecca would
prevent this from being used too frequently. He foresaw
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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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