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File 2182/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf Situation in El Katr Policy towards Bin Saud' [‎62r] (128/543)

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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of setting up one Arab Sheifch against another, will no long
-er have the success of past times in maintaining even that
shadowy semblance of Turkish sovereignty over them which
has hitherto passed unquestioned; throughout the country
I was struck by the contempt with which the Arabs all re-
-garded the Turkish Government, its troops and its civil
officials. In attempting to show of what little account
in fail Arabia Turkish authority really is I am only en-
-deavouring to explain that present Turkish methods invite
further disasters.
I am aware that His Majesty’s Government are com
-mitted to a policy of supporting and maintaining a strong
Turkey in Asia and such a desirable result can be brougit
about in Arabia so much the better. Unfortunately the
Turkish Government appears to have no conception of its ovn
weakness in Arabia, nor of the power and strength of the
Arab Chiefs, nor does it appear to realize what are the
probable consequences likely to ensue should forcible raea-
-flures have to be resorted to in the end. The reports from
Kuwait ^describing the course of the negotiations with Bin
Baud I think sufficiently bear out the above view. The
nearest parallel to the Turkish difficulties with Bln Baud
which I can draw is our own case in Somaliland only exagg^ri.
-ated ten times worse. Knowing something of the country,
its difficulties in transport, supplies and the like#/, I
would hesitate to suggest that less than two divisions ,
completely equipped for a long desert war,, would be able
maintain
to re-establish and/effectively the former Turkish occupa-
-tion of the Hasa provinee. The Turkish occupation before
May 1913 was not effective in any sense and only existed
because Bin Saud was/more occupied elsewhere; he could havs
carried out his coup of May 1913 at any time in the last
five years.
So far as my limited knowledge goes_, the Turkish
Government does not appear to be in aposltlon at present to
undertake

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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.

Extent and format
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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