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File 2182/1913 Pt 7 'Arabia: Policy toward Ibn Saud' [‎152r] (305/420)

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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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fh@ ibir charged me to tell Yonr iixoellency
confidentially that hie main object in wishing to pay a
visit to Cairo is to discuss the question of proclaiming
King Hussein as Caliph.
He asked me to say that h© felt strongly that the
independence of the Arabs could never be fully established
so long a© their spiritual head wac also the Sultan of
Turkey. The Ottoman Government would always hold in its
hands a powerful weapon which it would not scruple to use
with effect, and if the Arab nation was to make anything
of its future, it dust break clear from all shackling at
the start. This necessarily involves the reversion of the
Caliphate to its original home. His Father was on all
counts the man most fitted, and his assumption of the
office would bind the Arab Bstion together to a degree
which was otherwise impossible. In particular the
difference which at present existed between his Father
and the important Smirs of the Arabian Peninsula could be
solved without difficulty.
I pointed out that the King had already told
Colonel Wilson that he had no wish to become Caliph but
the gmir replied that he would have no choice in the m atter
Oust can decreed that the decision should be made for him by
others and he would have no knowledge ol the pro jot't ur til
the day on which h© was publicly proclaimed.
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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.

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