File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud' [221r] (25/602)
The record is made up of 1 item (300 folios). It was created in 7 Aug 1918-26 Dec 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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As regards the question of the written treaties
rnieh I have already submitted to your honour at Biyaz and
laid the seme before His Imperial Majesty the Kina dmperor
telegraphically through the Baghdad Government, I have the
honour to state to your honour that the Government has
entrusted me to submit to you the following written treaties
instead of the previous ones.
• i * Government is prepared to exert her whole
energy is pumcing an end to all the transgressions on the
boundaries of Ibn Sa’dun however it considers it impossible
to cecide finally every problem separately as it ouaht to
oe uill t.ne boundary lines of his dominions ere fixed after
aiscus si on; a,s we agreed upon in our agreement of the
month of December 1915.
^'ing Hussein has given us the strongest
security that his attack on the Sheikh (hostile), Khajid
Bin Luwi, Ameer of Khazma, is a local one, and,he has no
mind to attack Ibn Sand who has not got the least idea of
his running over his boundaries.
G* The King Hussein is determined to send a.
friendly letter to Ibn Baud and he seems to be exerting for
the welfare of both the parties and the British Government
considers it in the good of the parties and all the Arabs
cUio tne King Hussein liras informed us that he is willing to
come to see Ibn Saud to discuss with him on the settlement
of affairs,
4. The British Government is prepared to accord its
best help to the parties for the settlement of their affairs
and to remove the difficulties in their ways in the best
mannef. However the Government considers it impracticable
in these war times which are full of troubles to have.the
intricate claims be finally settled satisfactorily to
both the parties -say determination of boundaries and the
like. During these times it is necessary for all the Arab
Chiefs to join against their common enemy calmly and patiently
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Part 8 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]. Included are the following:
- discussion as to which ruler has the stronger claim to Khurma, and whether Bin Saud should be encouraged to begin hostilities against Bin Rashid [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd, Emir of Ha'il], as a way of diverting the former's attention from other matters;
- copies of a treaty between the British government and Bin Saud, which was signed on 26 December 1915 and ratified on 18 July 1916;
- debate about whether the British should supply Bin Saud with more arms and ammunition (to make amends for providing him with 1000 cheap Winchester rifles);
- discussion of the possible benefits of arranging a meeting either between King Hussein and Bin Saud or between the former's son and the latter's brother;
- discussion about the possibility of an officer from the Egyptian service succeeding Harry St John Bridger Philby as the British representative to Bin Saud;
- reports of Bin Saud having begun operations against Bin Rashid, and discussion as to how the British should respond;
- speculation on King Hussein's actions in Khurma and the implications for Britain's policy in the region;
- a copy of a memorandum from the Foreign Office's Political Intelligence Department, entitled 'Memorandum on British Commitments to Bin Saud';
- reports of an Ikhwan force advancing towards Mecca, and discussion as to how the British should respond.
This item features the following principal correspondents:
- High Commissioner, Egypt (General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate);
- 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);
- Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson [based in Baghdad and acting both as Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and as Civil Commissioner, following Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox's transfer to Persia];
- War Office;
- Foreign Office;
- Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger];
- Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Montagu];
- General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mesopotamia [William Raine Marshall];
- Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Baghdad;
- 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. , Koweit [Kuwait] (Percy Gordon Loch);
- Harry St John Bridger Philby;
- Bin Saud.
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- Title
- File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud'
- Pages
- 212r:222v, 274v:277v, 297r:309v
- Author
- Āl Sa‘ūd, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal (xx Ibn Saud)
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