ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٤‎٣] (٣٠٨/٦١)

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Memorandum from the Chief Political Officer (copy forwarded to Director, Eastern Bureau,
Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart
ment, Political Secretary, India Office, London, Chief of the General Staff, Indian
Expeditionary Force “ D ^ and Army Department), No. 63, dated the 14th October
1916.
TRANSLATION.
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(Amieate op Mecca the respected.)
No.
In the name of the compassionate and merciful God.
To the Gallant and Vigorous Amir Abdul-Aziz Pasha
Bin Ahd-er-Rahman Al-Saood,
(May God save him).
May salams and the mercy of God and His blessings rest on you. —It is
not hidden from you that the time-honoured designs of Sheriff Hussein Bin Ali
Oni have had this result, viz.) they have displeased the faithful and all
Moslems and those who obey the Prophet, and have resulted in his actually
joining the enemy of religion and of the Kingdom of the Moslem Caliphate
at a time when the Amir-ul-Moomanin ordered all Moslems to declare the
sacred jehad against the Powers fighting against our Moslem Kingdom.
Instead of doing his share of jehad in this universal war, the said Sheriff
Hussein, availing himself of the opportunity of the Government being busied
in protecting the Ottoman Dominions and defending the rights of all Moslems,
revolted against the Sultan, and, declaring his time-honoured evil designs,
actually joined the British Government, which is in hostilities with our
Kingdom, and brought the enemy to Jeddah and Yanbo-el-Bahr, and allowed
them to enter into the pure and sacred lands, and has permitted the blood
shed of innocent Moslems in the peaceful towns without fearing God, or think
ing of the evil consequences which will recoil on him and his defeated
followers.
And whereas both he and his sons attempted to seduce some of the
humble-minded simple Shaikhs by false promises and by the small sums of
money which he distributes from the funds of the British and so leads them to
loss and destruction, it became necessary to dismiss him, so that things might
be restored to their proper owners.
The Amirate of Mecca the respected has, therefore, been assigned to me.
Depending on him who does not fail to answer our hopes and to provide
us with the spirituality of our ancestor, our Lord the Prophet of God, we, all
Moslems and the inhabitants of the pure and peaceful town {i.e., Medina)
have determined to conduct hand in hand with our Moslem Kingdom and her
eternal and victorious soldiers the greatest of jehad to disinfect the Qibla
from this sin.
We cannot believe that the Arab Chieftains will tolerate this disloyalty on
part of Hussein, which he is worthy to be stained by, and which will form a
black page both for him and all like him, in the history of Islam and which
will cause their defeat in this world and the world to come, apart from the
terrible sufferings he will have to bear.
No doubt that all Moslems, especially the wise and religious Arab Chiefs
will free themselves from, and reject with all their force, this great disgrace, and
will sacrifice themselves in defending with their Moslem Government, their
Qibla, which is the Qibla of all who admit of God’s unity ; so that they may
gain the victory in the Most Terrible Day.
Therefore we inform you of the event, for the sake of avoiding ambiguity,
and we call upon you to perform your religious duty towards your Qibla.
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