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File 2182/1913 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Policy towards Bin Saud (Capt. Shakespear's Mission)' [123r] (247/426)
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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that he had not yet had the opportunity of giving a formal reply.
7. I replied that in my opinion the terms were at least as
goad as he had any right to expect and that I was not empowered
to discuss them, and I impressed upon Talib the advisability of
submitting to the arrangement which would ultimately be made on
his behalf and which would most certainly be fair and just. See
ing that I was not to be drawn into a discussion of terms or
prepared to give any promise beyond that of personal good offices
to the extent of explaining to you the difficult position in
which he was placed, mg visitor withdrew.
8. This morning early the reply from you arrived (copy at
tached) end I at once called upon the Shaikh who consented to
keep Talib with him for the present in accordance with your
wishes, and told me candidly that it would not be well to place
full reliance upon his professions of submission and fidelity
which was also rny own conviction. Talib came over to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
two hours later and on being informed of the purport of your
reply recommenced to make representations regarding terns and
was again informed that I had no pbwer to discuss them and
was moreover surprised to find from your message that he had
refused the friendly offer previously made.
9. At about 2 p.m. the above mentioned Abd-ul-Aziz bin
Selim came to inform me that Saiyid Talib and his accompanying
oarty of 12 men had decamped unknown to the Shaikh, and were
now on their way to J ahrah and thence to Bor aid ah where one
Amir Bin Baud is at present. His ooject in coming to Kuwait
was thus made clear. Xt wa.s to sound, me on bo one poss^oility
of obtaining better terms for his friendship than those which
he had refused,and, through me, to obtain a further offer from
you, and he has now cut himself off from all possible claim
upon our benevolent consideration.
10. in connection with Saiyid TaLio’s escape from Kuwait the
following points may be noted:-
(1) He had been allowed to enter the town with mi approval
I could not therefore demand his retention against his
will without committing a. breach of faith, and for j
similar
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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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- 3r:23v, 24ar, 24r:45v, 48r:63v, 64ar, 64r:85v, 85ar:85av, 86r:119v, 120ar, 120r:120v, 121ar, 121r:212v
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