File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [228r] (31/308)
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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Sharif 9 and iw® assisting him t*o sxpsl th© ^^urlcs froM
Arabia.
As to how you can best do that, whether by helping
his with .money and men, or by attacking Bin Hashid,or by
winning th© latter over to your side* this is a question
which you can bsst decide for yourself* E.d»s lovernoent do
not wi^i to press you to do this or to do thatf all they
wish you to understand is that your open support, whether it
be moral or active, will be of great advantage to the .diarif %
cause and to the cor .on object* fou know best how you
©an moot profitably assist th© Sharif without serious
prejudice to important interests of jour own.
In short I an sure you will realise from the above
that It 1 © of the highest importance that not only th©
British Government, but all the Ohiofs of Arabs like your
self whose present and future interests demand expulsion
of the lurks from Arabia, should at this time concentrate
their resources and energies on th© achievement of that
common object. Compared with that great object, all other
objects and interests become for the present Insignificant
and need to be deferred until the main object is achieved,
(such for instance as the matter of too A jman about which
I will write to you separately}*
This letter has assumed such length, that 1 will leave
di a cusp- ion of the ©trier matters for another letter which
I will send via Bahrain in a few day # a time.
As regards the general -mr, thing© are going very well
indeed with the allies in Europe* Roumania has joined us
and Greece has joined and the Allies * armies are gracihtally
closing on the enerr-y from all sides. Here in Iraq, a'trig
to th© great heat and the long line of eosaumications, no
active operation© have wen going on for some weeks, but
now the condition© are changing: the weather is getting
cold, and the water will coon rise; and our forces in
Mesopotamia are much superior to the enemy* But th© actual
operations
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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:
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (as both 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 Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force D);
- Bin Saud;
- Viceroy of India [Charles Hardinge, succeeded by Frederic John Napier Thesiger];
- Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain];
- High Commissioner, Cairo (Sir Arthur Henry McMahon);
- Grand Sherif of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī];
- Foreign Office;
- 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 (Arthur Hirtzel).
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