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File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud' [259v] (102/602)
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Enclosure No. 1.
Telegram R., No. 6766, dated the 17th August 1918.
From—Political, Baghdad,
To—Prodrome, Cairo.
What is authority for statement in Secretary of State for India telegram, 1
August 15th, that “ King Hussain has
• Senai No. 53 . offered to visit Bin Saud himself with a
yiew to discussing such reconciliation It seems unlikely that it is seriously
meant by King Hussain and in present circumstances such a meeting might tje
not only undesirable but dangerous.
I contemplate omitting it from text of message and telling Philby to
communicate it to Bin Saud at his discretion.
What are your views ?
Enclosure No. 2.
Telegram X., No. 787-M., dated (and received) the 18th August 1918.
From— Wingate, Bacos, Ramleb,
To—Political, Baghdad.
f Above. Your telegram,f 6766.
King Husain made this statement in his message to His Majesty's
Government and I have no means of judging exactly what is in his mind but
1 am repeating your message to Jeddah to obtain Basset's views.
Enclosure No. 3.
Telegram R., No. 68U2, dated the 19th August 1918.
From—Political, Baghdad,
To—Political, Koweit.
Confidential. Following for Philby '.—Begins.
Following are orders^ of His Majesty’s Government, dated Augnst I5th,
: Serial No. 53 . on your telegrams,§ M.-lll, July 19th,
§ Not received. M.-115, July 20th and M.-123, July 24th,
which were repeated practically in extenso to London, Cairo and Simla on
August 7th. Orders begin
A written communication is to be addressed by you to Bin Saud in the
following terms, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government and in supersession
of your provisional assurances : (Communication begins).
“ (1) That we recognize our obligations to use every influence in our
power to prevent encroachment upon Bin Saud’s territories, but feel that it is
impossible to decide upon merits of individual cases until precise limits of his
territories have been discussed and laid down as provided for in the Treaty of
December 1915.
“ (2) That King Hussain has given us emphatic assurances that his action
against rebel Sheikh Amir Khalid of Khurma is local and is not directed
against Bin Saud and that he entertains no hostile designs against latter.
“ (3) That King is writing a friendly letter to Bin Saud and appears most
anxious for a reconciliation which His Majesty's Government feel would be of
great advantage to both parties and to Arabs in general.
“ King Hussain has offered to visit Bin Saud himself with a view to
discussing such reconciliation.
“ (4) That His Majesty’s Government are prepared to give their good offices
to both parties on behalf of such a reconciliation and an amicable adjustment
of their outstanding difficulties; but they cannot but feel that present time
of war and stress is unfavourable to a final and satisfactory settlement of
complicated questions such as an exact delimitation of boundaries.
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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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