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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [‎276r] (127/308)

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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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of his previous relations with me : but it was due, firstly,
to the fact of my alliance with yourselves, aid secondly,
to my hatred of the Turks. I am anxious to further anything
that may assist to expel them. Go, if he answers in the af
firmative and assures me that he has no aim other than real
friendship, well and good. If he is seeking to impose on
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me so that he may achieve his own independence and render
himself free to start his old interference with me, then /
the matter is merely one between him and me, I shall
look after myself to the best of my ability. But if, on the
contrary, the matter concerns your Great Government, I
should, in that case, like to do whatever is convenient
to you, I have therefore referred the matter to you. In
any case the Sherif T s boundaries and territories are well
known; and a further reference will be made to you, Inshallah,
when I receive his reply,
0/ I also have to inform four Honour that I have re
cently learnt that the Ajman, who lately with Ibn
Rashid in the neighbourhood of Zobeir, had, on account of
the peace between Ibn Rashid and Ibn Subah, come to an under
standing with both those Chiefs,(soon after the departure
of Ibn Rashid from that neighbourhood and his contact with
Ibn Twala and Ibn Swait,) to the effect that they should
settle in the territories of Ibn Subah,
jr This is not as it should be. I have explained
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to Your Honour regarding the Ajman and their attitude to
wards me. They are outlaw subjects of mine and the reason
of their contumacy was their support by Ibn Subah and their
stay at Kuwait, and this will certainly cause friction
between me and Ibn Subah, for my subjects are bound to
pursue the feud with the Ajman and so am I.
I have also sent my Representative, Abdul Aziz al
Rabai, with letters to Ibn Subah and have made the neces
sary communication to him regarding matters at issue bet
ween him and me, I have also instructec my Representative

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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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