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File 7251/1920 Pt 3 'Arabia: Situation and Policy; Agenda for Inter Departmental Committee Meetings' [217r] (70/268)
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men formed the raiding party, and the operations were carried out as a punishment
for hostile acts committed against Nejd merchants.
12. In conclusion, Bin Saud’s debts are once again causing him anxiety. I hear
he owes Qassira merchants nearly six
lacs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, while in Bahrein alone he is
indebted to Abdul Aziz al Qusaibi to the extent of one
lac
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. The latter is getting
anxious about his money, I know. I quite expect Bin Saud will shortly again ask
His Majesty’s Government for an increase in his subsidy. His plea will be that with
Government’s money he is keeping the peace of Arabia by controlling his Ikhwan,
and so preventing them overrunning the Hejaz. One realises that economy is the
cry nowadays, especially with politicians at home for ever asking awkward questions ;
yet I, for one, consider our subsidy to Bin Saud is being well earned, and results have
been’obtained out of all proportions to the money spent. I would like myself to see
the subsidy increased to G,000Z. per month.
13. Since writing the above, I have received—
(1) A telegram from Civil / Commissioner, Baghdad, dated 11th August 1920, to
the effect that His Majesty’s Government have decided to present Bin Saud with a
gift of 5,000/. in recognition of his statesmanlike conduct in abstaining from the Haj
this year. Also that the question of granting him a G.C.I.E. is under consideration.
This news is eminently satisfactory.
(2) A letter from Bin Saud, dated 2nd August, urging on Government that his
subsidy be increased. I rather anticipated this was coming.
(3) A bundle of letters and reports from K. S. Syed Siddiq Hasan from Riyadh.
Copies of these are being forwarded with this. K. S. Syed Siddiq Hasan gives
most interesting news regarding the Nejran and Assir raids.
(4) News of the capture of Ebha, the capital of Asir, by Abdul Aziz Ibn Mus aid.
His immediate demand for money is probably in connection with this.
H. 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.
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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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