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File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority' [79r] (166/418)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 6 Oct 1916-5 Apr 1922. 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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BRITISH COMMITMENTS TO KING HUSE1N.
• ^ UR CommRmeilt . s *° King Husein are not embodied in any agreement or treaty
signed, or even acknowledged bv both r>»vt;^ Tr, J , weaby
Russia, France, Italy, and cerfain ind^emlen Y "V ^ 0ir \ J tho . se ^
brn Sond cei independent Arab rulers such as the Idrisi and
11 tt" • ‘ , T } , , onl i > 1 be 1 an alysed by summarising the history of our dealimrs with
he King during the war, under different he ids. And the position is complicated by
e mg s abit of ignoring or refusing to take note of conditions laid down by us to
whic le objects and then carrying on as if the particular question had been settled
between us according to his own desires.
The references in the following summary, where not to Foreign Office papers, are
AiAt :ilKt [- ir,c:;i ] , ' aiTa ;t ve compiled by the Arab Bureau at Cairo and dated the
29th November 1916. The pagination referred to is that of the Foreign Office copy
( S 6d ,'h F 6 Llbrar ^ under “Confidential: Turkey: Arab Bureau: 1914
(JNo. 112) ). ^
(i.) General Guarantees against the Restoration of the status quo.
His Majesty’s Government’s representatives in Egypt had been in touch with
Shenf Husein and his sons—especially Abdullah—before the war.
On the 24th September 1914 (m the interval during which Great Britain was at
war with Germany but not yet with Turkey) the Foreign Office telegraphed at Lord
Kitchener’s request to Cairo, instructing that a special messenger should be sent to
Abdullah to enquire what would be the Sherif’s attitude in the event of war with
Turkey breaking out (p. 21 a). Abdullah sent a written answer expressing his
preference for Great Britain over Turkey,—
“ So long as she protects the rights of our country and the rights of the person
of His Highness our present Emir and Lord and the rights of his Emirate and its
independence in all respects, without any exceptions or restrictions, and so long as
it supports us against any foreign aggression and in particular against the Ottomans,
especially if they wish to set up any one else as Emir with the intention of causing
internal dissension—their principle of government—and provided that the Govern
ment of Great Britain would guarantee these fundamental principles clearly and
in writing. This guarantee we expect to receive at the first opportunity ” (p. 23).
This request was met in a Foreign Office telegram of the 31st October 1914 (the
date on which war between Great Britain and Turkey was declared) :—
“ Lord Kitchener’s salaams to Sherif Abdullah If the Arab nation
assist England in this war that has been forced upon us by Turkey, England will
guarantee that no inte rnal intervention takes place in Arabia, and will give Arabs
every assistance against external aggression.
“ It may be that an"Arab of true race will assume the Khalifate at Mecca or
Medina and so good may come by the help of God out of all the evil that is now
occurring ” (p. 24).
This statement was transmitted to Abdullah by letter from Cairo with the following
addition :—
“ If the Emir of Mecca is willing to assist Great Britain in this conflict, Great
Britain is willing, recognising and respecting the sacred and unique office of the
Emir Husein (titles), to guarantee the independence, rights and privileges of the
Sherifiate against all external foreign aggression, in particular that of the Ottomans.
Till now we have defended Islam in the person of the Turks; henceforward it shall
be in that of the noble Arabs ” (p. 24).
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The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and 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. Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following:
- The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost of which would be borne by Imperial Revenues.
- The enquiry into the authority given for the continuance of the payment by the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, of the £5,000 monthly subsidy to Ibn Saud beyond the period of six months originally sanctioned by the Treasury.
- The proposal to debit Ibn Saud’s subsidy against the surplus revenues of Mesopotamia [Iraq].
- The request 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. from the War Office for a refund of £69,068.
The main correspondents are: 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. ; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Treasury; the Civil Commissioner Baghdad; Sir Percy Zachariah Cox; and Harry St John Bridger Philby.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (202 folios)
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The subject 4931 (Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority) consists of one volume.
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 202; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 59-178; these numbers are written in crayon.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:73v, 75r:76v, 78r:124v, 126v:129v, 135r:135v, 138r:202v, ii-r:iii-v, back
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