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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [286r] (147/308)
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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11 © im no doubt exi\$;rprntmg mt^era* vjmt h$ vant& is
to obtain mip-rtort from you or elm>. tfmt you should nxort F^ir-
©elves Witts liin in attaining tills T tsavo in-
famed you s® ttmt In tf?e ovont of ymtr with mo y*m
may cotmnicnto to tho ln*t Britain 'Sovermmfit Imvo
In amijf my vioww itnuli «yn& t : ■' >? vo® to tts«u ’ If
howo*-’or,ymi <Io not tMvk a& X do never mindf X do not very
cai*e if the hatif doos obtain Ms indtrmnclaneo in Xhl'* way*
But the rani point in that the Turkish •tovornTOnt hi^
wit!' asrnmition, arms and fioney, and lie was load ini: ther to -^pe
that he wmtM do ,gre«*t things for tfcer in f!yria? htii when ho
** 0 % ail t-o wonted from them he rose and doclava* hi* n|tj
his motive hoing theretw to pnt the '"isrlcs in dirf >■ enltiea 'Mi'-
tli© nritiols dmotomebt md m obtain from thorn Isi.s indopein^mon,
$Raranteev! by the Oereim Sevemmcsni*
And what your Friend deduces from the facts is Ihnt the
Sharif is not now in any danger from the Turka * Xhe dharif’a
positiaB. denenda upon tile people of the Bedja*, that is on the
Bodmtin® • If they mfpfmrt hdm# he will net he in any danger fro?
the Tunica* but If they ahendon him and slcle ^ th the Tttfhs, titer
th© uositlaw of the hharif in the nedjaa will he worth nothing
Wliat f appro!.?.eiKt is that if the Tttr&o see timt the Britlats svo
helniny the filsarif, t^ey will .^ant him Ills independeneo nt osi.ee
and rewain at rest in refjerd to him, hut will, turn their attonf lei
to htn oyatn ho.roaftnr* My adviee is that you atsmild help th®
Btierif hist enly to a partial omtant § *?c? that the l ttrks may ®> * Hi
may
elseriah hopes of emMiing him and ho a I so/r one in in tear of the
furlm* Thus the Turks will he greatly embarrassed in the ^odja®.
and this will he an assistance to your himlness in trati and also-
wficro. In short, as far as 1 can mo 9 the protraction of the
hostilities he tween the Khar If •**& the Turks Is a s*ost esaodj.eiat
tmrm for you. Ky hope is that you will take these ,rer?arha
into dellher■te cons1deration#
mat you sea in my opinions deservin'* of annrmnxl do as
you
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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'
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- 213r:331v, 333r:362v
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