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TransNation of lot tor No. dated
24tii Rajab 1546 ( i.e. 17-1-23 ) from His MajeGty
Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman al-Faisal as-Sa f ud,G.O.1.^.9
King of Hi jaz,Najd and Dependancios to the Politioal
Agent 9 Bahrain.
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After oompliments,
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We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
Ho.0.14 dated 15th Rajab 1546 ( i.e. 8-1-28 ) in which
you communicate to us the contents of the telegram you
received from the Hon'ble the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf in which he informs us of what the British
Government had instructed him to write and inform us»
We request you to telegraph to the Hon f ble the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf to inform the British
Government of our following reply to (their) telegram;-
The incidents narrated in the telegram about the
action of the Dawish of which we disapprove had a bad
effect on us and v/e are not going to let the Dawish f
with all those who took part with him go without being
punished. We never ourselves declared at any time that
we were unable to punish the Dawish or any others.
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The Government that has been established in this wide
desert, which with its power, brought all forces that
are in it under its control and managed its adminstration
by the virtue of the social teachings of the religion^
and made all the desert tribes within the lands under
our control obey our orders in a manner that cannot be
compared with(that of any other Government ) in the
world towards nomad tribes and the best proof of this,
is the state of peace which is spread all over our king
-dom and which makes us to boast and say that there is
no similar tiling to be found in any country in the world^
A Government which by its own force made its authority
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