File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎182v] (373/834)

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Abdullah, Sahul, Ajman, Shammar and Dhafir, should be paid
through Ibn Sand and the British Resident accredited to him.
“(iv) That the British Government should be permanently
represented by a 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. .
u ( v ) That the control of the caravan traffic to the interior
from Kerbela, Samawah, Khamisiyah, Zubeir, Kuweit, Qatr and
other markets should be delegated to Ibn Saud and his British
Resident, the former keeping agents at each of these markets.
“(vi) That subsidies should be granted him, with war
material, and the loan of engineers and instructors in proportion to
the magnitude of operations expected of him or of the armed
forces he is required to keep up.
u (vii) That we should assist him to re-establish trade in
the ports of Hasa by arranging for a regular steamship service
with India.
u (viii) That the terms of an agreement on these lines
be reduced to a formal document or Treaty similar to the existing
Treaty. In the second treaty the position of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud
would be defined and the succession of heirs of his body would
be guaranteed. On his part Ibn Sand would agree to act in
subordinate co-operation with us in an offensive and defensive
alliance, engaging specifically not to enter into any sort of relation
with any other Power but the British, or with any Arab Chief or
nation, whether under our protection or under the protection of
another tribe.
TOUR IN KHARJ.
A member of the Nejd Mission, Lieut.-Colonel F. Cunliffe
Owen R.F.A., made a short round in December^ 1917, from
Riyadh into the district of Kharj (or Yemamah) which
les south ot Aridh. It had not been visited previously by
R n U u°n ean ex ^ reme noi 'G>-eastern corner, through
p ’f Captain Sadlier passed in 1819 on his way to find Ibrahim
as la. hough Colonel Owen does not say so expressly, we
un erstan that the. particular motive of his excursion was a
esire to see the Fmir’s horse stables, and to test the truth of
reports that, the main breeding and grazing grounds of Neid
are ni a taij. In another part of his Report he expresses some
fn , ap f 01,Um f lt at tlK ; horse-supply of Nejd as a whole, where he
saw 1] 110116 to b^ 1 'export even at prohibitive prices : but he
nYlTdA !"° h "" dred Ugli-class animals, to whose breeding
ol ltl T? If gn T n ’ !” tlle Emir’s stables in Kharj. He says
anin d , ’ tll0Ugh , t , he y are imperfectly trained as riding
— L P "'if 'T"v l ? doei,e a,ld h mUy with easy paces and
thouol t 1, l> " t l he , d,d “g tllillk much of their condition, fed
erass S ofAYT t" P’ in luce, ' ne ’ in Preference to the rough
of the district. Ehey are not dipped or groomed, and the