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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [301r] (177/308)
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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In tho nm& of uod the tiomt rorciful and €o&p&&elo?mto•
Fron Abdul As is bin Abdur Katean al Faisal.
To The estoonod brother Chari bin TawnXa,may he bo preserved.
A/C.
I have received a letter fron cur lover and friend the
Chief Political Officer informing re that you interviewed bin
and that on account of your fighting r/ith Bln Rashid and his
high-handedness in matters that you did not approve of, you do sis©
to rale© peace with me. This indeed is the root auspicious hour.
First,I have familiarity with the above mentioned friend and
whoever is protected by then is protected by me.Secondly,you
hnow that you are not disliked by no. Zou of course know the past
affairs and you also know the reasons thereof as well.
As regards tro prosent if you wich for my friendship,may
God preserve you,my "Dinah* country is yours rmd my friends shall
be your friends. Zou and all Sh.ammar that follow you are under
my comradeship. You may send no an Entsalary Informing mo who
are your followers and who are your anemic©. -ou should not go
near the AJnan as you are aware of my relations with them and
with others'* Whoever follows you he ie immune from harm from ne
in the name of God and he will be treated as on© of us and under
our flag.
About the bedouins we shall arrange between us which of
them you wish that I may leave with you.
Pleas© give my salans to Al lawala.lrom her© ny father
sends you compliments.*iay you over remain preserved. Salans.
Dated the 18th L aazan 1-^4
""' “ibtfD July 1916 •
(Seal) Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Kahnan
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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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