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File 2182/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud' [‎52r] (108/543)

The record is made up of 1 volume (269 folios). It was created in 18 Nov 1913-22 Nov 1916. 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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Confidential .
Note on Ibn Rashid*s Affairs.
Camp Nakhl,
Slnaitic Peninsula.
ay., of An n S o
About the beginning of January 1914 or perhaps even
earlier the Turkish Government sent the following consign**
ment of arms and ammunition to Ibn Rashid by the Hedjaz
Railway from Damascus to the station on that line ( 1 think
Tebuk) for Telmar, destined for Hail*
'Three railway-goods waggons full, said to contain 3
Mountain guns, breech-loaders, with 5GO rounds of shell
(shrapnel) apiece, 30,000 rifles or carbines of Mauser or
Mannlicher 5 shot magazine pattern with bayonets, with a
whole waggon**ful of boxes of ammunition for these rifles
(number not obtainable). These arms have not ell yet been
transported to Hail, more than half of the consignment being
reported to be still lying at Tebuk (?) and Teimar at the
beginning of May.
At the same time a motor-car was also sent by the
Turkish Government to Hail in the charge of thrae
Europeans (said to be Christians), by the same route. It
is not improbable that the three men were artillerymen. Up
to beginning of tay they were reported to be still at Hail.
All responsible Arabs whom I met assured me that these
arms were intended by the Turkish Government to strengthen
Ibn Rashid*s hands for a war on Bin Baud - this intention I
would add appeared to be no secret among the tribes to the
north and east of Hail and I heard it confirmed hf.' several
important Sheikhs likely to be in a position to know. It
was also rumoured that the Turkish Government intend to
descend on Bin Baud from the Periian Gulf after he has been
thoroughly well engaged by Ibn Rashid in QaBim. Gn the
face of it this would undoubtedly X be the best policy for
the Turks to pursue if they do really contemplate the

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This volume contains part 2 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It primarily concerns British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] following the latter's occupation of Ottoman-ruled El Hassa [Al Hasa]. Included in the volume are the following:

Correspondents include the following:

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.

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1 volume (269 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.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 271; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 6-270; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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