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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [294r] (163/308)
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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FromJBasra, 24:th September 1910 (Signed ' l Arbur, 4896 ”).
(Addressed Uy Arhux, Cairo, repeated to Foreign and
Secretary of State )
lijtendecj amplification of my telegram, 4625, dated 12th. Originals of
intercepted documents therein quoted have now reached me. Following is
the purport of two of them : —
In first item
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
states Jamal
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had telegraphed to Bin Rashid
calling on him to proceed to Hail and sending him an order for 2,000 bags
of rice, 1,000 Hour, 100 sugar, 100 coffee and 3,000 abba cloaks, all to be
delivered to him at Samawa. On receipt of a copy of this telegram Mahomed
Asaimi informed acting Wali that Bin Rashid had already left, that proposal
was impracticable as they (would not be ?) safe at Samawa, and owing to bad
relations between tribes of Iraq his caravans were liable to be looted.
I (transmit?) second item in exteuso : —
“ The reason which has prompted Turks to call upon Bin Rashid to
proceed to Hail and to give him these large presents and decorations and to
make him ‘ Commandant ’ of Nejd is on account of movements of Sherif,
They fear lest Bin Rashid should join him, and they are convinced that Hail
is an important point and that if they lose it whole Arabian Peninsula as far
as Damascus will unite. They have accordingly been driven to this
measure, and Sherif and all tribes of Hejaz have started a very serious
movement. The Government have nominated another Sherif, Hydar
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
;
and as far as can be seen in view of force at Medina they intend to leave
Hejaz until end of war.
“ They will only defend Medina and Hail in force. This is what seems
likely.”
In a third item he writes,: —
“The tribal situation from Mosul to (Samawa?) is not good, their
attitude has changed.
“In particular the Anazeh of Ibn Hazhzhal have joined Nejf and
Kerbela and Dilam in making trouble. In short, affairs are not satisfactory.
May God put things right and your Honour must take necessary steps to
strengthen your position on your side with Zayyad, for we do not know what
may happen.”
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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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- 213r:331v, 333r:362v
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