File 10/11 Ibn Sa`ud and the Hijaz: cession of `Aqaba; conquest of `Asir; abdication of Amir `Ali; fall of Medina; fall of Jidda; establishment of Ibn Sa`ud's administration in Jidda [‎275v] (550/574)

Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Extract from the Mecca Newspaper " l mm-al-k araN No. 60, dated
§th Shc/'ban, 1344 (February 19. 1926).
Delegation of Idrissi.
A DELEGATION from El Saved Hassan-el-Idrissi under the presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of
Mohammed Bin Hadi-el-Naami reached Mecca to meet His Majesty the King. I he
delegation were guests of fhe King
It reached us that the delegation have offered obedience and submission in the
name of Syed Hassan to His Majesty the King and that they are prepared to receive
any order he gives them. His Majesty answered them in the following summary :—
‘ k We have no ambition in your country. 1 only want to make good and
set the thing right. You will realise that the question of your country is rather
important in my eye owing to the fact that it is near to our boundaries. there
is nothing between Imam Yahya and us except friendship. I think it better
that we should endeavour to make reconciliation between you and to avoid
bloodshed. As to the conditions which should be between us, we will offer them
to you to convey to Saved Hassan in order that agreement will be made on them.
“ You must know that our only objects in any one of the Arab countries
are (1) to be Moslem brothers and to follow the ‘ Koran ’ and the traditions of
the Prophet and the course of the good ancestors and the four Imams; (2) to
co-operate for obeying God and to be pious, and leave the dispute which leads
us to weakness; (3) to keep to our limits, dealings and the rights of our subjects.
The one who is capable of doing so deserves to keep his territory, but as regards
the weak, we will discuss his matter, bring about peace and prevent dispute.’'
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Extract from
the Mecca Newspaper “ Vmm-al-Kura,"
§th Sha'ban, 1344 (February 19, 1926).
Security in the Hejaz.
No. 60, dated
HIS Majesty the King has summoned all the chiefs of the Hejaz tribes (Harb,
Juheina, Billi and others).
They all came at the end of the month of Rajab. His Majesty the King saw
them in his house and advised them. He then divided the roads in the Hejaz to
different parts, making limits for each part, and caused each one of the sheikhs to
guarantee the security within his region and will be held responsible for his tribe, and
will have to answer for any offence or contradictory action made by him or by one of
his men.
His Majesty the King gave them the following instructions
1. To follow and keep to the Islamic Shara'a law.
2. To pay the alms in time to the representative of His Majesty for everything
for which alms are due, like camels/sheep, corn, palm-trees, &c.
3. To make the “ Jihad ” (holy war for the sake of God) and to hasten to join
other Moslems for same as soon as they receive the order from His
Majesty the King.
4. To protect the travellers, whether they are pilgrims, camelmen or passers-by,
&c., and not to cause any travellers, pilgrims or others to pa^y them
anything, other former rights being cancelled, and that they are to take
only what His Majesty the King graciously gives them from “ Beit-al-
Mal ” (treasury) of the Moslems as he gives others of his subjects, and
that the enemy of the Moslems is their enemy and the friend of the
Moslems their friend. They swore by God to do accordingly.