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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [337r] (249/308)
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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the covert hostility of Hae dan ibn Zaid, a statement * ich
Shaikh Mubarak pronounced to be without founi ation. Ibn
Sa'ud was however correct in his anxiety about the , Araif /
who joined forces with the ’Ajman. He appealed to the
Shaikh of Kuwait for assistance, but before it eould
reach him, he attacked the 'Ajmah by night at Gunzan,
SO miles W. of Hofuf and was repulsed with lossy 1 is
brother Sa’«d being among the slain- 'Abdul Aziz himself
was slightly wounded. The 'Ajman and the 'Araif had on
their part asked Mubarak for his help, but he advised the
’Araif to come to terms with Ibn Sa'ud. On hearing of
the defeat at Gunzan he sent injunctions to his son
Shaikh Salim who was in command of the troops intended
to help Ibn Sa'ild, bidding him to proceed,but not to
give Ibn Sa'ud active support unless he obeyed the ms-
instructions with regard to militaryk strategy which
Shi kh Mubarak had given him by letter. The Ajman
failed to enlist support either from Mubarak,or from
Shaikh 'Isa, who advised them to make peace with Ibn
Sa'ud, or from Shaikh 'Abdullah ibn Than i of Qatau,who
told them he could do nothing for them as he was a
frisnd ^ of Ibn Sa, ud*
Nevertheless Ibn Sa’iTd was hard pressed until the
arrival of Shaikh Salim. He applied to Shaikh 'Isa
for ammunition, the despatch of which was facilitated
by us. In August we sttzed in B* rain eome cases of
ammunition which were being sent from Abu Dhabi to the
’Ajman. At that time the 'Ajman had the run of the
Hasa , they held all the roads,and Ibn Sa'ud was practi
cally a prisoner in HofGf. The arrival of Shikh Salim^
changed the balance in Ibn Sard's favour and the 'Ajman
were thoroughly beaten on September 24, 1915. Further
in a fight between them and the Bani Kbilid, Fahad al
’Araif was killed,and Sulaiaan al ’Araif was obliged
to take refugewith Abu Dhabi. The Shaikh of Abu Dhi i
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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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