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APPENDIX I.
Din Saud’s Claim to Kiiurma.
(Extract from Memorandum by Mr. Philbj, dated 13th August 1018 )
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strative aiid tribal grounds. He t Wefoie considers llie^db Ym °" 0^ oncfl1 ’ a ‘ ,m ]ni-
and hostile to himself. aAs I have said before this is (I,,. 'I p ‘r actl0 , n as . aggressive
Ae two parties, and Ibn Sand has again and ^Sn bU^oC ?° mt 'jf twe f n
British Government should adjudicate on flip Hio-n A . k w BDngnese that the
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hood of that sect, namely, the Akhwan Aq + k c “eh the inner brother-
Mnshrikin (heretics) and Kaffar (infidels) and look no to TbnCn uon-Walihabis as
temporal ruler. As far as I carl asceAin thev hJe been wThhabil for T
from all time—they liave become Akhwan largely in self defence a “ainst tl,
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a direct T^^TarlwruPh ^ K1 ~ 18 ^ 80 lniles »
the Hedja, I beW I inlhr^b^Nir^^ChAhT kr^en’ 1 ^ KhUrma * 8 /“
country round it; 1 speak, therefore, with a full sense ofAny VesnoSlXv “I ^
eastern edge of the Shaib^haba sou -westward Dhr ba ThiAs' wT 'P
recognised boundary between the Buqum and Subai iribes and a ref ^ 7 the
route chart will show that it comes up to within 10 miles of Khurma TV P “ y
opinion, while Ibn Sand and others with whom 1 have had orniortmiitM P f 8 18 V " J
the matter carry the boundary back 50 miles westward to thAwa k f
this latter boundary can be established by TuStaenL^cft as tieZl
of the Aqiq was agreed upon in the seventies between the Tm-H -h o f k A- j
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s ould feel inclined to disregard this evidence as the Buqum and Shalassa are to’
my view, undoubtedly Hedjaz tribes. In my opinion, therefore, the Shaiblhaba is
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bi Wadi Subai. In view of this Ibn Sand claims jurisdiction over the Sub,Tof
AefeioikAfor'sCw- 11 ’^. 4 ? renounce his claim if the Subai themselves express a
+ i • kheiiilian ude, lie is not, however, prepared to abandon thpm tn il>o
tender mercies of the Sheriff so long, as they claim his protection and acknowledge his
TT- Jr! Hi^°ri ca l a nd Admmtstratwe.--These grounds may be considered too- e ther
y ears a^bTthrsTie ^^ 110mi ““ted Amir of Khurma four
}eais a 0 o b^ the bheuff. this is improbable on the face of it, as Khalid according- to
my information, succeeded his cousin Ghalib on the latter’s death in’the ordmary
Najd ’ has ^gularlymade his annual
visit to Biyadh to icceive his subsidy and presents ever since as his predecessor did
)efoie him In any case if any formal appointment by the Sheriff took place, and
was acknowledged by Xhalid himself, lie ought to be in a position to produce
cocumentary evidence. A bat he in all probability means (turning the circumstance
to suit his own present requirements) is that when Ghalib died his successor, Khalid
was iqrinaily recorded in the Turkish registers as the rightful recipient of the Hai
Lima paid by the furbish Government to all tribes in a position to annoy the annual
pi gum .caravans. J hat is a very different matter, and proves nothing, as the pages