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File 2182/1913 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Policy towards Bin Saud (Capt. Shakespear's Mission)' [45r] (86/426)
The record is made up of 1 item (211 folios). It was created in 22 Sep 1914-17 Jan 1916. 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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Ko. 131H B, dated Basrah, the 26th June (received 5th July) 1915 (Confidential).
ji rom The Hon'ble Lietjtenant-Coi.onel Sir P. Z. Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Poli*
tieal Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
t.. o£ my telegram No. 1802 B, dated 24th June, on the
v,J^nf the Treaty under negotiation with Bin Sand, I haye the honour to
submit the following documents for the scrutiny and orders of the Government
£ T ✓l * . •
(1) Translation of letter from Bin Saud to His Excellency Lord
Hardinge of Penshurst.
(2) Translation of a letter from Bin Sand to Sir P. Cox, giving cover to
signed Treaty.
(3) British version and Bin Sand’s version, side hy side, in Arabic.
(4) British version and Bin Baud’s version, translations in English,
side by side.
(51 My comments on Bin Sand’s modifications.
(6) Translation of my ad interim reply to Bin Saud, dated
June 1915.
Dated the 9th Jamadi II, 1383 (24th April 1915).
Prom—A bdul Aziz bin Abduu Rahman ai-Faisal bin Saud,
To-His Excellency Lobd Hardings or Phnshorst, Viceroy of India.
I beg to offer my (February JlT)Vas recLTbTthe
jation, dated the month of ^i 113*J (!9 ^ cia ll y the sincere
hand of friendship, and we und expressed and the fact that Your
friendship and fair hopes which y°u had expre^e ^ de hom e
Excellency had communicated to the »h to His Imperial
and duty we had expressed, a “ d Emperor of India. I beg to convey
Majesty the King . j , 0 w ish happiness for His Majesty
. k . ^
and the Government of India cou id not have the pleasure of meeting
I was exceedingly ^ sorry delighted It is not hidden from you
Your Excellency an, )) , T S ^n r f o£ d oul "internal affairs and especially to our
that this was due to the press ^ by the Ibn Rashid on behalt
being engaged in repeiUng the meeting with Your Excellency as a great
of the Turks, f ^^"'tS ourTorts liU be favoured with such a visit
privilege and we tn '" t t ) ). " n firmin- P the sincere friendly relations existing
which is a good means toi o Arabia since ancient times,
between the noble nations of England and Ambia.^^ ^ the
.Your Excellency had explame British^Government and ourselves and
sion of the Treaty between he exalted “S 1U “ estioQS 0 ff.hand and
(observed) that it ls , im P°^ lble ■ int interests that we should conclude a
that you considered ^ best m ^ 3 re]ationg ajld deal;]1 g with certain
preliminary Treaty first cementi g proceed to arrange another
essential matters and that you ^ draft of the preliminary Treaty
detailed Treaty. M e have re Colonel Sir Percy Cox, and on
which was sent to us m the e ar ti c les for urgent reasons necessitated
tef ^nXningth” relations^and confirming the concord and settling such
matters in which differences have existe^ Rashid on behalf of
the Turks aud'thtu actioTL assisting him with abundant arms and materials
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| Received on 4 AUG i915
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
Letter. No. M
| Dated JL JUL1915
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Part 4 primarily concerns British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], following the outbreak of the First World War. It includes the following:
- discussion regarding Bin Saud's relations with the Ottoman government, and the need for the British to secure Bin Saud's goodwill, especially in the event of the Ottoman government entering the war on the German side;
- details of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear's mission (as a political officer on special duty) to meet with Bin Saud, with the aim of ensuring that, in the event of hostilities between Britain and the Ottomans, no assistance is offered to the latter by Bin Saud;
- translated copies of letters from Shaikh Mubarak [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, to Bin Saud, urging the latter to side with the British Government;
- details of a proposed preliminary treaty between the British and Bin Saud;
- reports of Captain Shakespear's death;
- reports on Bin Saud's military engagements against Bin Rashid [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd];
- a copy of a draft of a preliminary treaty between the British government and Bin Saud;
- details of proposed gifts from the British to Bin Saud of arms and ammunition captured from the Ottomans, plus a £20,000 loan.
The principal correspondents are the following:
- Secretary of State for India [Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe];
- Viceroy of India [Charles Hardinge];
- Foreign Office;
- 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. ;
- War Office;
- Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India, Thomas William Holderness;
- 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox;
- 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. , Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey);
- Secretary to the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department [Alfred Hamilton Grant];
- Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart George Knox (on special duty in the absence of the 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. );
- Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear;
- Bin Saud.
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