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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [292r] (159/308)
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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From .Sir' P. Cox, Basra, 27th September 1916
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(Addressed to foreign, repeated to Secretary of State, andHdig
Commissioner, Cairo.)
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Please see correspondence regarding Bin Sand ending with Secretary of
State’s telegram dated 20th, and my Bureau telegram 4890.
New Commander-in-Chief in India is expected within next few days, and
during his visit all questions having direct or indirect bearing on our
operations in Mesopotamia will doubtless be discussed.
As regards Bin Saud, I imagine that he has some qualms of conscience
in respect of undertakings given by him to Turks in his Treaty with them
of May 1914, and will not, if he can avoid it, enter actively into lists against
them. If we confine ourselves to exhortations in general terms he will
probably do no more than continue to worry Bin Rashid in a desultory way
at a respectful distance from Hail.
I am of opinion that he is not able and would not be willing to attack
Hail without assistance from us in guns with men to man them as well as
money. If he were willing to do so with such assistance, would it be worth
our while to give it ? Short of that^he could be ^ definitely pressed to arm
and equip with transport a contingent of, say (five or-eixA)“ hundred ”
.omitted}'of his own tribesmen mounted on camels and send them to join the
Sherif. » .
I have already urged him to arrest Turkish^ emissary, Ibn 1 araoon and
him getfxamels. He may do latter but certainly not the former. Hoes
any other farm of assistance w, could render suggest itself.
As regards expression “ (iCutitul.ion ?) " The word Kingdom in
English or Arabic pre-supposes a king, and my fear was that Sherif in
sending letter or emissary to Bin Sand might quote term to him, and that
Bin Saud would certainly be alarmed by it. The terms “ Arab Confederation
or “ Arab League ” present to my mind a widely different conception which
admits of frank discussion with any Arab Chief.
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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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