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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [‎362r] (299/308)

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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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Dated 8th Febmary 1916*
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Bin Saud. Please see Treaty with Bin Saud of
which copies of English translation together with Cox’s confluents
thereon were forwarded to 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. with Foreigi Secretary’s
weekly letter 6M # 21st Januaryl916* Cox reports with reference
to para. 1 (4) of his letter 35 C. of 3rd January that Bin Saud
made necessary correction. We consider treaty generally
satisfactory and if you see no objection we propose to ratify
that
it • ?e also suggestj^an expression of the appreciation of
His Majesty's G-ovemment of the skilful manner in which Cox
has conducted the negotiations may be conveyed to him.
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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:

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