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File 7251/1920 Pt 3 'Arabia: Situation and Policy; Agenda for Inter Departmental Committee Meetings' [214r] (64/268)
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Confidential.
B. 349.
“*73*
ARABIA.
Political Situation in Nejd.
Memorandum by
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrein, 12th August 1920.
I beg to send a rough note on “ The Nejd and Centra] Arabian Political
Situation generally ” as I see it here. I do not, for a moment, wish to presume that
my reading of the events is the correct one. I only give the conclusions I have
arrived at from close communication with Arabs of every description in Bahrein. I
mention one signiiicant fact. To get news of Nejd and affairs of Central Arabia here
is like getting water out of a stone. Every person seems interested in preventing one
getting hold of the most ordinary news. Bin Saud, for one, does not like any news
to reach me, unless it comes from himself direct. It is rather natural. I believe he
firmly thinks we English frame our policy on the first bit of gossip we pick up.
(Sd.) H. R. P. Dickson, Major,
•
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrein.
Copy, together with copy of the enclosure, forwarded to—
(1) The Deputy
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire.
(2) The
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Koweit.
(Copies also sent to the Government of India and the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.)
Note on the Political Situation in Nejd at end of July 1920.
Gathered from conversations held with—
(1) Abdul Aziz A1 Qusaibi, Bin Sand’s Agent in Bahrein.
(2) Fahad A1 Bassam, merchant of Qassim and kfassa.
(3) Muhammad A1 Hawwas, merchant of Riyadh and Hassa.
(4) Bedouin visitors from Bani Ilajar, Bani Khalid Dwasir and others.
1. Bin Saud, who for the last nine months has been reiterating the determination
of himself and the people of Nejd to Haj this year, has suddenly cried off. This
after His Majesty’s Government had gone to great trouble to make all arrangements,
such as collecting rations, &c., and taking guarantees, &e., from King Husain and
Bin Saud regarding the conduct of their respective subjects during the Haj season.
Bin Saud’s excuses for Ins eleventh hour change of mind aie
(a) That it is impossible for him to restrict the numbers of people who want to
Haj from Nejd, especially if they know that he, their religious leader, has
lb) That it is equally impossible for him to restrict the number of his armed
men seeing that every youth from the day he can walk, almost, carries a
rifle in Nejd. For him to interfere with such a time-honoured custom is
entirely impracticable, and would be greatly resented.
(c) That the matter had been settled so late in the day by His Majesty s Govern
ment, that with the best will in the world it was now too late to give
notice throughout Nejd that any sort of Haj was to start.
Government had firmly but quietly insisted on Bin Saud '"U ‘ y r
requests that as few pilgrims as possible should go t ns year, am ,, , ..
Hence Bin Saud’s refusal to Haj gives the impression * a ‘. ^3 ° 10 r
ever loyal to His Majesty’s Government, finding he cannot restrain his people o g
them to abide by Government’s desires in the mattei, as saci . , £
and interests in order to please His Majesty’s Government, and show h.s regard tor
His Majesty’s Government’s wishes generally. . , t j , i, 0 ,i, t 0
This imnression is exactly what Bin Saud does wish to convey to-day botn to
His Majesty’s Government and to the people of Nejd and Arabia genera y. o nn
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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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