File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference [‎42r] (83/200)

President atked >*ajd it ihty ixad anything to
reply to J&Ji&dB thene den; ndft*
’Aodulla 7ffenci :•
iho habits, custonis and way oi living oi the
inhavitaiits of ^adi hirhan are ex otly th* taxae those of
the people of Hujd and their relationship with Kajd xdH well
know ;. Again from another point of view^ajd Covcrrimen'«,e both
of the S&'ud and Hashid dynasties, have held sway over mis
country,tut wc have never heard of the Covenmont of fyria
administering it, by appointing officials or including it in
tyria* uliamtsad oin 1 lal the 1 >st of the i 1 Kcshid,held the
c untry until Hail fell. As regards Ibn Sh^ 1 Ian* t connection
witn J&.ut -it was always a question of force and 1 do not
remember his ever being tnsre for long, as Ibn ftushid always
used to expel him preity soon.
nirdly the recent political ch ng s In rabia make
it imperative that Ibn £a f ud eey tliis district.
Ibrahim l eg ifvshim;
There is no question of habits und ouaiomo at ail.
t we hav« to c^nSi er is Wi*o ruled tx*< country; it was
never really under the 1 R shid. they may liave taien it by
force fioa Ion Eha’lan, but the latter never acknowledged them,
and everyone knows how he lought trie 1 Hash id • Ibn r ha* lan
was under £yria and Jauf was a part of the adminis trativo
district of kxxxk Kark, enc had an offici Huqam on bvhalf
of iurkcy,viz. liauwaf • There can be no question oj Ibn
Cha’lan*. connection with Syria, as he always used to co^ into
the authorities there,and eventually the Gcvernraent of i yria
gave him guns and machine guns to light Ibn Rashid.
, li hhulqi laaha
The Xrans Jordanian tribes have no grazing 1 nd
except me «&di Sirhan,and if we loss it the tribes will leave