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File 2182/1913 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Policy towards Bin Saud (Capt. Shakespear's Mission)' [122r] (245/426)
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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4.
He came accordingly, accompanied by Abdul-Aziz bin
Salim, and opened the conversation by stating that the Turkish
Government, after having made an unsucces -ful attempt to induce
him to proceed to Constantinople, had directed h-iri to visit Bin
*T;8ud and to try and persuade tha.t chief to rise against the Bri
tish Government: that he had no intention of visiting him: and
that he wished to place himself unreservedly in my hands. He
further explained that he had only telegraphed to his men at
Ziyadiah on the Basrah river directing them to oppose the British
advance under compulsion by the Basrah officials, and that the
telegram had reached them after they had allowed the force to
pass without molestation; and added that he hesitated to join
you at Muhammerah as the Turks at Basrah would be sure to hear
of his having dtone so and would then take revenge by murdering
Mb children and destroying his property in and about the town.
h. I replied, that I could not believe that the Turks would go
to the length of murdering his relatives even on abcount of his
disobedience of their orders, and after some discussion it was
decided that I should send to you a mess a e giving the purport
of our conversation and asking for instructions as to S q iyid
TaLib's disposal. This was accordingly done, a messenger oeing
despatched to H.M.S. H Ocean M that same night. The following
morning i visited His Excellency the Shaikh who approved of the
course I had taken, and, as usual, said that he would help in
the matter in any way that might oe required of him.
6. On the 14th Saiyid Tulib called upon me again and enquired
whether any ansoer had been received from you. Upon rqy replying
in the negative he took a new line, for which I was not unpre-
pared knowing his reputation. He informed me that it would be
difficult for the British to capture Basrah without his assist
ance: that he had te-made heard from Shaikh Khaz’al that certain
promises had been made to him in return for nio help, that he
had not himself seen either the letter or the Consul at Muham-
merah, but that in his opinion the terms upon which his aid was
requested were not sufficiently attractive. He made no mention
of having definitely refused to accept them, and I gathered
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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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