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File 2182/1913 Pt 8 'Arabia – Policy towards Bin Saud' [397v] (380/602)
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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From Chief Political Officer, Baghdad, I dth September 1918.
(Repeated to Foreign and Cairo.)
(Received ICth, 11 a.m.)
7710. Secretary of State’s telegram, 14th September. \ am reluctant
to ask for reconsideration of a deliberate decision of higher authority,
the more so because 1 have no fresh facts to adduce. 1 think it my duty,
however, to record my opinion that the refusal of His Majesty’s Govern
ment to replace 1,000 rifles is calculated to precipitate conflagration
apprehended in your telegram 2nd August in reply to which on 17th August
I proposed that 1,000 rifles should be sent.
As will be seen from my telegram of 7th August 1 only suggested
operations against Hail because 1 was satisfied that little would result there
from. In this connection see Hamilton’s notes forwardefcLwith Arab Bureau,
Baghdad Memorandum, 23rd April. The despatch oMl,000 rifles is in
itself of no serious military importance. Good British i^les sold by Sherif’s
adherents can be purchased for cash anywhere in Central Arabia and have
recently found their way'to Bushire hinterland. Ammunition is not so easy
to come by, but of this 150,000 rounds [? have been] sanctioned enough for
1,000 rifles, though Ibn Sand already has 250,000 in hand, vide my telegram
of 17th August.
The refusal will disgust Ibn Sand and alienate from the latter the
sympathy of his adherents who, as already reported, are by no means content
at the results which have accrued from his espousal of British cause. Ibn
Sand is not so strong as might be thought from a perusal of current official
literature. Finally His Majesty’s Government must be prepared to hear
Mr. Philby on receipt of final intimation of the refusal has found necessary
to terminate his mission and leave for coast.
From Political, Baghdad, 16th September 1918.
(Repeated to Foreign and Cairo.)
(Received 17th at 11 p.m.)
7752. 16th. My telegram of the 15th September, 7710. General
Officer Oommanding-in-Ohief authorises me to say that he concurs with me
in considering that replacement of 1,009 rifles expedient in present
circumstances.
From Political, Baghdad, 26t7i September 1918.
(Repeated to Foreign and Cairo.)
(Received 27th September, 2 p.m.)
8060. My telegram of 22nd September, 7893. Recent success in
Palestine should shortly render maintenance of blockade at Koweit
unnecessary. In these circumstances despatch of troops to Koweit, if
contemplated, might conveniently be deferred. I still advocate, ho wever,
despatch of 1,000 rifles to Bin Sand, and hope that this will be sanctioned.
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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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