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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [310r] (195/308)
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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to
the Gherif of Meoea*
to
the por.se^sor of tho b©^t fsttrlbutes ^nd ehuraetef8 f tho
grost p^lnstsk^Tf the highly esteemed# fossessor of
Government and sovereign! ty t our loro and tlie JUoard of
all# Amir of holy Mecca, the father# the >>h&rif Musa in
Fseha rem of the deoeaserl Charif All F&Sha the
rospectodi i»*ay his grandeur and Coveralgnity nsrpetuta*
After cos&plimofits to you — compliments appropriate to tVie
signs of grandma^ that have tv-an raised up for your uighnees,
to Uie hill moons of success that have risen from your
benevolence, end to the recalling of your brilliant qualifica
tions and bri$et and holy moralities with ^hich the Public
Meeting Halls resound, we beg to submit that we have been
pleased, by the news that has reached us by telegraph about the
success that God has favoured you with, and about your rising
to the occasion so effectively* W# tray wod to bless with
success all your eff/orte for the good of people and country*
May Go?! extend to you Mis Hterna.1 Help* It goes without saying
that our dear country to proud of your holy Highness, for the
grmt stand you have m«de in its cause* In view o our loyalty
towarde your Hlrhness, we hasten to write this letter axires—
jsimt our plea star e, offering our congratulations, ~n-> yr - ying
God to prolong your life and to enhance your honour and
nonition*
lc hoi^e your Excellency will always show us your hearty
considerations*
We send our compliments to your respected sons and from
h re Salim and my other brothers and ay sons send you their due
estlems and respects* flea.so do not cease cendiiig us new*
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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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- Title
- 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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