ملف [٤/١٠] العلاقات البريطانية مع بن سعود: لقب سلطان نجد؛ استسلام حائل؛ دفع الإعانات المالية البريطانية؛ عمليات هجوم الإخوان على الحدود العراقية والكويت؛ إنشاء جواز سفر نجد [و‎‎١‎٧‎١] (٥٦٠/٣٤١)

I do not,
to-day, see any difference as regards sovereignty and possession
between the district of Jauf and my capital, Riyadh, as both are
part of one indivisable country, for, as you are aware, Jauf con
sists of Najd villages inhabited by Najdis to whom we are bound by
ties of custom, religion and race* It had no administrative or
political connection with the former wilay&ts of 'Iraq, or with that
of Syria, or with the mutasarrifiyah of Jerusalem, which is now the
Government of &ajQuuiia9i Palestine and the Government of Transjordani*
Moreover,It was an actual possession of my forefathers’, and then of
Ibn Rashid's, to all of whose possessions and territories I have now
succeeded.
You refer to attacks mad® by my subjects in the neighbourhood
of the Government of TransJordania, and also near the posts of Azraq
Regarding Ajtraq, I regret that any incident should have taken
place near this post us I am always warning my subjects and tribes
to respect the place and its Inhabitants, and to give every assis-
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tance in their power^from it with whom they come in contact.
Regarding TransJordania. Had my facilities for communicating
with His Majesty's Government been as good as those of Trunejordania^
I would have troubled you with my grievanves against the tribes
living between it and myself, and would have related all the inci
dents which have happened since spring. The great distance, however,
and my indifferent means of communicating with His Majesty's Govern
ment have prevented me from relating my grievances, and this is
detrimental to my rights. I did not think you would be interested in
these incidents, as these desert tribes were under Ibn Rashid's
control, and he a levied taxes and aakah from them, and they are now
my subjects, as has been acknowledged in writing by 'Audah Abu Tayah
Shaikh of the Huwaitat, and others. At the same time I do not think
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any of my subjects would have Interfered with the villages in ques
tion if mischief-making people from them had not first gone against
them, as I learn from my governor of Hall that the Banl Sakhr and
Huwaitat have recently made many attacks on the Shammar, 'Aniaah,
Hutalm and Harb in the neighbourhood of the Jabal, and naturally
these raids lead to reprisals. I have not ordered any such reprisals
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nor have I forbidden them, as I never thought His Majesty s Govern-