File 2182/1913 Pt 6 'Arabia Relations with Bin Saud' [186r] (380/547)
The record is made up of 1 volume (270 folios). It was created in 3 Dec 1916-30 Dec 1917. It was written in English and French. 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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Oopy of a confidential letter No* S*14, dated Gamp XXI Oentral
Arabia tlie 15th January 1915 from Gaptain f* H. I* Shake spear,
1. A*,
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.
, Basrah*
With reference to para, 2 of my letter No. S, 13, dated the
4th January 1915 I have the honour to report that the four persons
sent by the Turkish authorities to preach a "Jihad” arrived in
Bin Saud ! s camp on the 12th instant*
2. After my last letter had been despatched Abdul Aziz Bin Saud
consulted me as to what was to be done with these four men,
awaiting him in Buraidah* He said that as they certainly carried
letters from the Porte he would have to see them sooner or later
and until he did see them he could not exactly ascertain their
mission. I agreed that no object ?70uld be served by leaving them
indefinitely in Buraidah, where they might find opportunity for
intrigue; he accordingly had them summoned to his camp*
3. On arrival the deputation proved to consist of three Ulema,
Wahabis resident in Baghdad, who had been forced by Djavid
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to form the deputation much against their will and were instructed
to preach a "Jihad"; the fourth member proved to be Haji Bakar
Bey, a Major in the Turkish Army, a Kurd from Mosul district by
birth and an adherent of the Committee party in policies; his
duty ostensibly was the instruction of Bin Baud's Arabs m the art
of modern war but his real mission was that of spy on trie Ooher
members of the deputation. The deputation left Baghdad immediate
ly after the British occupation of Basrah and travelled via
Damascus and the Kedjaz Railway to Medina and thence to Buraidah.
They brought with them copies of the "Fatwa" issued by tne Shaikh
al-Islam in Constantinople enjoining a religious war and were
instructed to bring about peace between Bin Saud and Ibn Rashid,
inducing them to move their combined forces against the British
t r00 DS in Mesopotamia. I enclose a copy of a documenu upon wnich
in my presence and before a "Majlis" of his headmen "Bin Saud"
commented caustically and particularly on the fact that though
issued by the supposed head of Islam to other Moslems it did not
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This volume contains part 6 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns British relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Much of the volume's correspondence discusses whether the British should offer Bin Saud inducements (in the form of money, titles, arms or personnel) to take action against both Shaikh Saud bin Abdul Aziz bin Rashid, Amir of Hail [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd, Emir of Ha'il, also referred to by the British as Bin Rashid and Ibn Rashid] and the Turks. The volume includes the following:
- a copy of an article on Bin Saud by Gertrude Bell;
- copies of translations of correspondence between Bin Saud and Bin Rashid, and a copy of a translation of an agreement between the two men, dated 10 June 1915, in which they agree to respect each other's territories;
- a note entitled 'Relations With Ibn Sa'ud', prepared by the Arab Bureau's Iraq section, which provides a British perspective on Britain's relations with Bin Saud from 1899 onwards;
- copies of reports sent to the 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. in January 1915 from the late Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, regarding his meetings with Bin Saud;
- reports of Harry St John Bridger Philby's meetings with Bin Saud in December 1917, as part of a political mission.
The volume features the following principal correspondents:
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, corresponding both as the 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 as the Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force D;
- 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 (Sir Arthur Hirtzel, succeeded by John Evelyn Shuckburgh);
- Bin Saud;
- High Commissioner, Egypt (Sir Francis Reginald Wingate);
- Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger];
- Foreign Office.
The volume also contains copies of correspondence between the 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. , Aden (Major General James Marshall Stewart) and both Saiyid Mohamed bin Ali bin Idris, the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī Āl al-Idrīsi] and Imam Mahomed Yahya bin Hamid-ul-Din [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].
The part includes a divider that gives the subject and part number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in the part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (270 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2182 (Persia Gulf) consists of 8 volumes: IOR/L/PS/10/384-391. The volumes are divided into 12 parts with part 1 comprising the first volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, part 3 comprising the third volume, parts 4-5 comprising the fourth volume, part 6 comprising the fifth volume, parts 7-8 comprising the sixth volume, parts 9-10 comprising the seventh volume, and parts 11-12 comprising the eighth volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the one leading flyleaf.
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