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File 2182/1913 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Policy towards Bin Saud (Capt. Shakespear's Mission)' [158r] (317/426)
The record is made up of 1 item (211 folios). It was created in 22 Sep 1914-17 Jan 1916. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Presently I have received a communication from the Imam
ADdul Aziz In Cypher. It runs as follows.
It Is known to your honour that I as you know of the
lovers and friends and I desire r approach erne nt with the Pre
cious Britannic Government and after (when) we went to Kuwait
after your departure came out to us there the Consul at Kuwait
with a letter purporting that it had come to him from the
Precious Government to the effect that they ordered him to
inf,Tin Bin Sand that there was no (cause of) interference for
them in the questions Between us and the Turks and that Bin
Saud should himself deal with his affairs. At that time there
came Talib and with him a deputation and there came about
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between us and him agreements - in name and without reality
it removed the evil and there .arri&ed peace for the time being.
And now we are as you know/ neither N* the frlendsAp^ the
Precious Imperial Government nor*»#-the .foolpaps of the Turks
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to the last degree to the last day of the world. And now
your honour has arrived and I am seen oy the Truks with
great hatred and enmity and there has come to us orders from
them in these days that we should collect our forces and en
camp between Kuwait and Zubair and orders have gone to Ibn
Rashid and they have given him arms and provisions and many
other helps in order that it be not hidden from you cither
friendship with him and he is marching in to the regions of
Syria but thank God he is incapable of anything. But they by
reason of their hatred for us and their love for our adversary
(desire to) raise up the dead. Accordingly we declared war
upon Ibn Rash i/d and there were two reasons for that firstly
to divert Ibn Rashid from helping them and secondly that by
this there will be an excuse to us from ooeying their orders.
They send to me and do not cease from sending to me that
there should be peace between us and Ibn Rashid and ask me
for help to them and I give excuses. Xccordlngly 1 i 0 — Ria(ih
for the regions of Kasim in order to expedite the matter and
to complete my excuse. When we received the news of your
setting out from the Consul of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
I desired to
let
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Part 4 primarily concerns British policy towards Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], following the outbreak of the First World War. It includes the following:
- discussion regarding Bin Saud's relations with the Ottoman government, and the need for the British to secure Bin Saud's goodwill, especially in the event of the Ottoman government entering the war on the German side;
- details of Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear's mission (as a political officer on special duty) to meet with Bin Saud, with the aim of ensuring that, in the event of hostilities between Britain and the Ottomans, no assistance is offered to the latter by Bin Saud;
- translated copies of letters from Shaikh Mubarak [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], Ruler of Kuwait, to Bin Saud, urging the latter to side with the British Government;
- details of a proposed preliminary treaty between the British and Bin Saud;
- reports of Captain Shakespear's death;
- reports on Bin Saud's military engagements against Bin Rashid [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd];
- a copy of a draft of a preliminary treaty between the British government and Bin Saud;
- details of proposed gifts from the British to Bin Saud of arms and ammunition captured from the Ottomans, plus a £20,000 loan.
The principal correspondents are the following:
- Secretary of State for India [Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe];
- Viceroy of India [Charles Hardinge];
- Foreign Office;
- 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. ;
- War Office;
- Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India, Thomas William Holderness;
- Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox;
- 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. , Kuwait (Lieutenant-Colonel William George Grey);
- Secretary to the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department [Alfred Hamilton Grant];
- Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart George Knox (on special duty in the absence of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. );
- Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear;
- Bin Saud.
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