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File 7251/1920 Pt 3 'Arabia: Situation and Policy; Agenda for Inter Departmental Committee Meetings' [‎209r] (54/268)

The record is made up of 1 item (133 folios). It was created in 25 Jun 1920-4 Dec 1920. 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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in Algeria, for example, we should have much difficulty in justifying our special position
in Arabia to the French.
A discussion on the subsidies to Ibn Saud and Hussein followed.
Mr. Garbett pointed out that Ibn Saud might be unwilling to receive subsidies
from Abdulla in the event of the latter becoming ruler of Mesopotamia. Such a subsidy
would in fact, amount to blackmail on Ibn Saud’s part. He agreed, however, that in
•xny case it would be better if this subsidy took the form of a payment for services
rendered in keeping open the pilgrim routes. His demands would probably increase as
time went on.
Mr. Phillips enquired whether we should be responsible for the defence of Abdulla
or of whoever was placed in Mesopotamia under the Peace Treaty.
Major Young thought that this would probably be the case.
Mr Carr asked whether Ibn Saud did not in actual fact use. his subsidy for
warlike preparations against the Hedjaz. If this was the case, did it really tend to
peace to continue to pay it ?
Ma)or Young suggested, in this connection, that Ibn Saud might be given to
understand that his subsidy was conditional on his not attacking the Hedjaz. e
observed that, under the Treaty, the Hedjaz would be independent, and that it would
be very difficult for any one Power to pay a direct subsidy to Hussein, borne form ot
subsidy might possibly be paid by us in conjunction with other Powers interested
in the pilgrimage. This would perhaps ultimately take the form of a loan. It would
in his opinion, be preferable for Arab rulers to receive assistance by being encouraged
to invest their money in British concerns rather than by being subs.d.sed, but they
Zi httle money available for this purpose. King Hussem could, however, in all
probability, raise money on his oil-bearing and mineral areas if he was guaranteed
from aggression by the people ot Nejd.
Sir John Tilley observed that Hussein’s subsidy would thus actually take the form
of a subsidy to Ibn’Saud to induce the latter not to attack the Hedjaz.
Mr. Phillips pointed out that Hussein might not appreciate thi® point of view
and in any casi it appeared that we had continued to pay Ibn S.md when he did attack
the Hedjaz. He doubted the deterrent effect of such a subsidy on Ibn bau .
Mr. Garbett stated that 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. did not contempHte stuping Ita^Sftud’s
subsidy for the present. Recent reports indicated that Ibn Saud t . } ^
if not provided therewith there was a danger lest he nngbt go ‘ ake ^
was well able to do. In spite of his power in this respect, ^a the
fall in with His Majesty’s Government’s wishes, and he regaided the su . .
outward sign of their favourable disposition towards him.
Mr. Montgomery said that the subsidy appeared to have been efficacious m
preventing Ibn Saud from attacking the Hedjaz up till now.
Mr. Garbett observed that it was agreed that it would a 0 f the
stop all these payments at once, and that it was a nu ® } methods of doing this
Empire as a whole to keep the pilgrimage routes open. ie J k subsidy was
were by subsidy, a blockade or a military campaign. He thought the sUbsid)
probably the cheapest of the three alternatives.
Major Young agreed, and instanced the case of the
invaded the Aden Protectorate. It might eventually provfc cheaper to induce
withdraw by payment of a subsidy than to evict im ly m y
Mr. Phillips observed that the Treasury were not yet convinced of the necessity
for the continuance of the subsidies.
The question of subsidy to the chiefs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. was bnefly discussed.
Mr. Garbett said that 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. mi S ht MTrt^reSntbontempiate
he Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. subsidies reconsidered but that they die “oWt p ^ ^ ^ ^
he withdrawal of the subsidy from Siu sca 01 ^eikh of Koweit and of the
Irawal of the lease of Bunder Shwaikh from the bheikh ot *owe ^ ^

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This part of the volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning relations between Nejd, Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , Hejaz, Yemen, and the Idrisi state, as well as policy in Arabia more generally. Correspondence comes from officials at 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. , Foreign Office, War Office, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Aden, the Office of the High Commissioner in Palestine, the Office of the High Commissioner in Cairo, the Office of the High Commissioner in Iraq, and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Jeddah. Further correspondence comes from King Hussein [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī] of the Hejaz, his sons Emir Abdullah [ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī] and Emir Feisal [Fayṣal bin Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], the French Ambassador in London, and officials of the German and United States Governments.

This part deals with relations between Nejd and the neighbouring territories of Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , the Hejaz, Yemen, and the Idrisi state. Matters covered include the supply of Arms to the Idrisi, control of Hodeidah and the proposed withdrawal of the British garrison there, the British subsidy to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]of Nejd, efforts to reach an agreement between the Hejaz and Nejd, trouble along the Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan boundary involving the Ikhwan and local tribes, and future British policy in the region.

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