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File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud' [275v] (135/602)
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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You are aware that the Ajman and the Shammar are numerous, and that
all Arabs consider us as being prohibited from doing anything against them,
and that the latter are now free and do what they like, just as the other
sections of the Ajman and Shammar (who are now with you) have done. ^ f?
As you are with us, you prompt us to fight Ibn Rashid and carry out
orders of your Government, and this we consider an incumbent duty and of the
greatest utility to us.
Therefore, if you have a final decision from your Government, we request
you that you may sanction what I cannot do without and I will be bound by
your orders; or, if you have no final instructions that you may refer our said
proposals for approval, failing which we might be treated as a friend (free tf
obligations), that we might settle our affairs with the Arabs themselves.
The proposals raised by us and which we demand are :—
(1) Question of the Sheriff .—The Egyptian Government should admit
that the Sheriff has nothing to do with all our territories, both the townsmen
and the nomads. Both our boundaries and his should be defined, that no one
of us should encroach on the boundaries of the others. This His Britannic
Majesty’s Government should guarantee by a very firm recognition, so that no f
one of us should have an excuse on the other, and that both peace and rest
on which our mutual interests depend might be established among ourselves.
(2) Question of the Jjnian and the Shammar. —These sections of the
Ajman and Shammar, which are within the territories of Government and
are guaranteed by her, and which he does not want to be encroached upon,
should be absolutely prohibited from wandering inside our territories either
with their families or with their raiding parties, and should not be supplied
with such large amounts of food-stuffs as will enable them to help Ibn Rashid
and others, but should rather be given their monthly consumption only, month
by month. As a precautionary measure against abuse, the distribution of the
supplies among them should be made with our co-operation and that of the
Government. But the other sections of the Ajman and the Shammar, which
do not enjoy the trust and the confidence both of us and of Government
should be expelled from all territory occupied by the Government, and
should not be given sufficient supplies to strengthen them and give encourage
ment to pursue their aims. This also should be carried out in consultation
between you and with us, in such a manner as will secure and protect the
interests of both of us.
(3) Question of Koweit and the Access of inhabitants of Najd thereto .—
We are positively sure that Bin Sabah and Bin Rashid have a complete under
standing with each other; and, according to our belief, they are supporting one
another in this affair. This concord on part of Bin Sabah accounts for the
fact that whereas he had asked us to violate the Blockade Regulations as laid
down by His Britannic Majesty’s Government, and we had refused, in further
ance of our internal interests, to comply with them—therefore his enmity was
aroused against us and hence the friction which has prompted him to go
against us and help our enemies.
If the control of blockade remains in the hands of Bin Sabah and the
inhabitants of Koweit, then we must not be held responsible for the leakage
of the supplies to Syria and El-Jabal, and &c. Any how, this question could
he disposed of in two ways:—(1) either that the goods imported to Koweit
should be controlled by the Government in such a way as to ensure their
non-exportation to Najd or to the Desert unless authorized by our agent,
acting under the supervision of the Government, or (2) that the trade goods
of our subjects should be unloaded in our own sea-ports under our guarantee.
We mention this proposal for the advantages involving us and the Govern
ment. In this way we will firstly prevent trade goods being smuggled to the
enemy and will secondly remain under no doubt as to the false reports of our
enemies made against us and against our subjects to the Government.
(4) Funds for the war, —If these questions are favourably settled and
war is waged by us against Bin Rashid, the Government should give an
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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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