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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [249v] (74/308)
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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F rom Viceroy, 2nd February 1915
( Repeated to Cairo, r epeated t o
Private. Since my arrival at Koweit letters have reached
me from Bin Saud, Captain Shakespear, dated 19th January.
Former writes in most friendly terms (corrupt group) expressing
his keen regret at impossibility of reaching Koweit in time to meet
me, gratification at prospect of establishment of close relations, and
begs me to convey his homage to His Majesty the King.
Captain Shakespear writes to report that on 17th January a
messenger reached Bin Saud with letters from Sharif of Mecca and
his son Abdulla, who acts as leader of his father' s_forces. Abdulla
wrote that he had arrived at Medina at the urgent instance of
Turks, who were pressing his father to mobilise his tribesmen and
proclaim holy war, but that before embarking on such a course they
were anxious to know Bin Saud's views and attitude. Answering
this letter in consultation with Shakespear Bin Saud is said to have
urged Sharif to avoid compliance on the pretext that such action
would only result in British reprisals on Jeddah. He went on to
explain to Sharif the tactics which he himself had adopted for
temporising with the Turks, and assured him that he saw no advantage
in siding with them. With thus reply he enclosed copies of our
circular letter to the Gulf Chiefs, our proclamation regarding holy
places, and the statement of our case against Turkey. This measure
of co-operation on the part of Bin Saud is most useful, and is as
much as we can expect in the absence of a treaty with him. Were a
satisfactory document executed we might hope with Bin Saud's
assistance not only to ensure maintenance of Sharif’s neutrality,
but even his active support^ as well as Bin Saud’s. The above‘con
siderations prompt me to press for authority to conclude preliminary
treaty without deilay. On the other hand news has reached Koweit
C? which) is still unconfirmed, that Bin Saud has met with check at
the hands of Bin Rashid, and it may be Q? preferable to} await news
from
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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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- File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud'
- Pages
- 213r:331v, 333r:362v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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