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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [244v] (64/308)
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Memo, No. 58, dated Basrah, the 5th October 1916.
From—The Hon'ble Lif.utenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.,
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.
, Basrah, ^
To The Officer in Charge, Cairo Section, Eastern Bureau, C/o Director, Military
Intelligence, Cairo.
Translation of a letter from Bin Sand to Chief
Political Officer, dated September 3rd, 1916.
I forward herewith, for information,
a copy of the paper noted in the
margin.
Copy with compliments to—
(1) Director, Eastern Bureau, C/o Secretary, Committee of Imperial
Defence (under cover to Secretary, War Office, London).
(2) Eoreign Secretary to the Government of India, Jboreign and
Political Department, Simla.
(3) Political Secretary,
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.
, London.
(4) Chief of the General Staff, Indian Expeditionary Force “ D
(5) Secretary to the Government of India, Army Department.
Translation of a letter from Ibn Saud to Sir Percy Cox, dated the 3rd
September 1916.
After compliments .—With a cordial and respectful hand I have received
your letter, dated the 15th July 1916 ( = 14th Ramzan 1334) and was pleased
to hear of your good health. All that Your Honour communicated to me
has been understood by your sincere friend. ^
The august letter of His Excellency Lord Chelmsford, the new Viceroy
and Governor-General of India, which Your Honour enclosed, together with
the Arabic translation thereof, has reached me safely. I thank you very
much : I am greatly obliged and thankful for its highly valued contents. I
pray God that His Excellency’s footsteps may be blessed with good fortune
and prosperity.
I beg to represent to you that I was tardy in answering His Excellency’s
auspicious letter, as owing to my not being acquainted with your ceremonial
customs I was not sure whether I should answer at once or after a short while,
and owing to my intimacy with Your Honour I was anxious to obtain your
advice on the point.
Your Honour informed me with regard to events and news in a previous
letter despatched through His Majesty’s Consul at Bahrain, all of which news
I have understood thoroughly. Your Honour also stated with reference to
news from the Hedjaz that El Idrisi, assisted by the Sheriff, had captured the
town of Kunfidah, one of the ports of the Red Sea, with its Citadel and the
troops there. This is very likely true, because the Idrisi has been disobedient
to the orders of the Turks from the beginning, and according to what I have
heard, his ideas are sound and he is zealous, both for the Arabs and for Islam:
and truly one who possesses zeal for the Arabs and for Islam is bound to fight
the Turks.
You went on to inform me that the newspaper “ Al Mukattam” had
reported that the Arabs from Medina to Damascus were backing the Sheriff,
hut you said you had not yet received official news to that effect.
With regard to the news of the Sheriff at Al Medina, the latest reached
me on the 15th Shawal (15th August). It was to the effect that about 7,000
Infantry and Cavalrv had arrived at Medina, and that immediately on arrival
they had come into conflict with the sons of the Sheriff and that* a skirmish
had taken place at long range at a place about 4 hours to the south of Medina.
After that the Turks had become superior to the sons of the Sheriff in numbers
and strength and consequently the latter had had to fall hack to a place called
Rabegh, on the coast of the Red Sea, between Mecca and Medina.
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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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