File 2182/1913 Pt 9 'Arabia Policy towards Bin Saud' [160v] (318/406)
The record is made up of 1 item (203 folios). It was created in 27 Dec 1918-2 Jun 1919. 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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main at Hail Ibn Sand would harass and attack him as opportunity offered,,
uskiff the Qasim as a base. In view of the strain upon his resources during the
1 x | vears he has been given 3,000 rifles with ammunition, as well as fom
mactoe gun and granted! monthly subsidy of £5,000 to cover the expenses,
he will ifcur in maintaining his men in the field Active co-operation with
the Sharif was not considered practicable, but Ibn Saud was ready to se
one of his sons with some 40 men to Mecca as a sign of goodwill, it the bhanl
would make a special request for them.
Secondly, a letter was written by Ibn Saud, in the name of the three
chiefs, to Ajaimi Ibn Sadun urging upon him the harm which he was
doing’to the Arab cause by his present attitude, inviting him to enter into
communication with them and promising him friendly consideration and an
opportunity for honourable submission.
Finally, with the co-operation of Shaikh Jabir of Kuwait and the diplo
matic skill of the Shaikh of Muhammerah who was throughout of the highest
service to the Chief Political Officer, the delicate problem raised by the pre
sence of the Ajman among the friendly tribes reached a satisfactory solu
tion. For the 'period of the war a truce between Ibn Saud and the Ajman
was agreed upon and instructions were drafted defining the position of the
fugitive Shaikhs with respect to all tribes under our protection. On ins
return to Basrah, Sir Percv Cox called in the Ajman leaders. They had been
profoundly disquieted by the advent of Ibn Saud thinking that it augured
ill for themselves, but the principal and more courageous headmen met the
Chief Political Officer at Zubair and accepted the proposed terms, m return
for which they were promised a monthly allowance similar to that received by
the other friendly Shaikhs of the Shamiyah. They evinced little doubt that
the remaining headmen of the Ajman, including the two who were still with
Ajaimi, would come in as soon as they heard of the happy issue of their own
venture.
Letters have been written to Fahad Beg Ibn Hadhdhal informing him of
the Kuwait'meeting and inviting him to join the league of Arab chiefs m
expelling the Turks. These have been sent through a man from Fahad Beg’s
tents who was in Basrah at the time of Ibn Sand’s visit and went to see him
at Muhammerah, where he received advice and instruction from Shaikh
Khazal in full measure. He was entrusted also with letters from the Sharif
which have been waiting opportunity of despatch to Fahad Beg, Hachim al
Muhaid, Ali Sulaiman of the Dulaim and others, and with presents in money
to guide Fall ad Beg’s decision and to encourage the amicable disposition of
the Shaikh of the Dahamshah, Jaza Ibn Mijlad. Communications of the
same nature are on their way to Atiyah al Qulal of Kajaf and Muhammad Ali:
Kamunah of Karbala.
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Part 9 primarily concerns the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and British policy towards both. The item includes the following:
- a note by 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, entitled 'Arabia: The Nejd-Hejaz Feud', which laments the fact that relations between Bin Saud and King Hussein have to some extent been reflected in the views of the two administrations with which they have respectively been brought into contact (i.e. the sphere of Mesopotamia and the Government of India in Bin Saud's case, and the Cairo administration in King Hussein's case);
- reports on the presence of Akhwan [Ikhwan] forces in Khurma and debate as to which ruler has the stronger claim to it;
- attempts by the British to ascertain whether or not a treaty exists between King Hussein and Bin Saud;
- a copy of a report by Harry St John Bridger Philby entitled 'Report on Najd Mission 1917-1918', which includes as appendices a précis of British relations with Bin Saud and a copy of the 1915 treaty between Bin Saud and the British government;
- reports of alleged correspondence between Bin Saud and Fakhri Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Commander of the Turkish [Ottoman] forces at Medina;
- reports of the surrender of Medina by Ottoman forces;
- discussion as to whether Britain should intervene further in the dispute between Bin Saud and King Hussein;
- details of the proposals discussed at an inter-departmental conference on Middle Eastern affairs, which was held at Cairo in February 1919;
- reports that King Hussein's son Abdulla [ʿAbdullāh bin al-Ḥusayn] and his forces have been attacked at Tarabah [Turabah] by Akhwan forces and driven out.
The principal correspondents are the following:
- 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. , temporarily based in Baghdad [Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson, acting Resident in Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox's absence];
- Civil Commissioner, Baghdad [held in an officiating capacity by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson];
- High Commissioner, Egypt (General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, succeeded by General Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby);
- Milne Cheetham, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Cairo;
- 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 (John Evelyn Shuckburgh);
- Bin Saud;
- King Hussein;
- Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], son of King Hussein;
- Foreign Office;
- Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Montagu];
- Harry St John Bridger Philby.
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