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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [‎226r] (27/308)

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The record is made up of 1 item (154 folios). It was created in 26 Dec 1915-12 Dec 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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Lastly I l*av 9 your letter of trie 3rd September in
ehich you explained tii&t you would lifee to be informed
whether the question of co-operation with the Sharif or of
attaching Bin Rashid was considered by us to be merely a
matter of the internal politics of the Arab Chiefs, or
whether they were questions in which the interest© of the
British Government war© also involved,
I have thought it convenient thus to surrnarl ze your
Idtcellancy*s letters, so that your enquiries could be more
clearly answered.
On receipt of your con uni cations, X referred to sy
Qovemnmit as you desired bo, and because it was not possible
for me to give you the authority to answer without doing so,
there has been as a result some delay in the com uni cation of
this reply to your Excellency, me re ult of my reference
is this
A® regards the Sharif f 6 intentions, t.. # s ciovernment,
according to the information and knowledge which they possess
have no reason whatever to thinfc that he has any evil inten
tion against your tribes or your territories* On the contra
ry H,£. regarde your Excellency as hie friend and co-adjutorj
and as for ourselves vis-a-vis yourself and the Sharif, have
we not our treaty with you in article one of which we have
recognized you as independent ruler of your territories of
srejd ?
Of course the Sharif must naturally recognize this
treaty also, and H*M*s Government would by no means support
him in any other attitude toward® you*
As to the question of co-operation with the S>urif, or
abstention from co-operation, cuid your enquiry as to whether
this is & matter of the politics of the Arabs, or Whether
the interest® of the British -overnmsnt are also involved,
I will try to make the position clear to you.
It is not hidden from you that in the first instance.
hreat

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Part 5 concerns Britain's relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and, to a lesser extent, Britain's relations with the Grand Sherif [Sharif] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]. It includes the following:

  • a copy of a treaty between the British government and Bin Saud, dated 26 December 1915, plus a copy of the ratified treaty, dated 18 July 1918;
  • reports of an agreement between Bin Saud and Bin Rashid [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd];
  • details of munitions that are to be given by the British to Bin Saud;
  • translated copies of correspondence between the High Commissioner, Cairo, and the Grand Sherif of Mecca;
  • discussion as to whether the British should press Bin Saud to take specific action to assist both the British and the recently deposed Grand Sherif of Mecca;
  • details of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox's meetings with Bin Saud.

The principal correspondents are the following:

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