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File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud' [261r] (106/602)
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u 80
No. 12865—7-10, dated Basrah, the 27fch August 1918.
1 From— Liujtenant-Colonel E. B. Howell, C.I.E., Deputy Civil Commissioner/
Basrah,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Simla.
I have the honour to forward, for the information and record of the
Government of India, a copy of the telegram cited below :—
Copy of telegram from Political, Koweit, to Political, Baghdad (repeated Political,
Basrah), No. 1196, dated the 8th August 1918.
Enclosure.
Telegram P., No. 1196, dated (and received) the 8th August 1918.
From—Political, Koweit,
To —Additional Political, Baghdad (repeated Political, Basrah, copy Philby).
Co7ifidentiaL Your 6484.* When Philby wrote his he had not,
* Not received. I think, received copy of my memoran-
t Enclosure No 3 to semi No. 66. dum^ 98-C. to you. Shaikh has taken
X Enclosure No. i to Senai No. 40 . over our system of checking land exports
so that Bin Saud will still receive passes Najd caravans if stated by Nafisi to
be genuine may buy what they like and copy of export permit countersigned
by Npfisi is to be given to us. I do not think friction should be caused as
Nafisi can at any time tell us if auy sort of obstruction takes place.
Present trade arrangements are as follows—
Nothing is .to be exported from India to Koweit without pass signed by
McCollum or myself. Political Officers at Gulf ports are taking such
executive action as possible to prevent unduly large exports to Koweit. Our
permits are issued :—
,(1) Monthly up to requirements of Koweit and its tribes.
(2) On production of receipt from Basraii or other Customs showing
that goods manifested by sea from Koweit have actually
arrived.
(3) On vouchers from Nafisy that caravan of Bin Saud has taken such
and such quantities.
(4) To merchants desiring to import new stocks on their giving
acceptable guarantee to produce evidence of arrival at unobjec
tionable destination.
No exports are allowed by land except by Shaikh for Koweit tribes, by
Najd caravans vouched for by Nafisi and by caravans if any beariug pass
signed by Iraq Political Officers, which has to be presented to us.
Arrangement is based on trust of Shaikh and in view of fright Shaikh
and Koweit public have received over turning away of caravans and
Zayani, ,, is likely to work satisfactorily for the present. If arrangement
fails diversion of Najd traffic to Bahrain might be carried out in addition to
any other punitive action Government might decide to take but I would
deprecate doing so till then.
I understand Bin Saud suspicious both of Shaikh and of us hut it must
be remembered that had he exercised effective control over his eastern territory
from the beginning our task here would have been a comparatively light one.
At the same time it seems essential to take some action ourselves to show Bin
Saud that we intend to support him, to restore our name in the eyes of the
Arabs, who undoubtedly look upon withdrawal of blockade as due to weakness
and to keep alive present spirit of co-operation shown by Shaikh.
To this end suggest that we should forthwith establish post at Safwan to
guard water-supply filling up all wells not covered by post. Authorise Bin
? Saud to occupy Hafar. Arrange with Shaikh to occupy Safah : he has already
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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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