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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [231r] (37/308)
The record is made up of 1 item (154 folios). It was created in 26 Dec 1915-12 Dec 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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Hostility of Ibn Ha *ud to the Gjilan*
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Viaikh :^da*iba Aagha'IKf) or t)MI -njs?* taction of the
arrived at Kuwait on October 4th seeking sanctuary fro®
ibn 3a* ud.* Iha &a ja 1 are the section to which feel on :s the
riithlsin family , the paraaotmi halkhly hmtaa of the ’Ajmsn*
i'hey are closely connected with the f if ran rho ore tha .^o st
redoubted section of the tribe. Shaikh Jabir i Uhimh. reftiaed
to allow Badu* and his people to tattle in Kuwait ^nd they rill
probably m to r»fw»n whore some of t ha Si f ran and Maja* are
already settled under tultan ibn hithisin*
It is difficult to see the outcome of Ibn Cn 1 td*s tuplecable
hostility towards the # A jean* Sine# the death of Ms brother
Se*u4 f who wta killed In battle against them In July 1915
under aof uf * ha has purim#d the ‘Ajj^ejn ."r^ikha v?i th hit enaiiy
and taken taibrage whan any asylum was afforded then in Kuwait*
Sheikh .ubarak openly disapproved of hie policy towards the
tribe and when the fugitive Shaikh# came up from the b#*# ha
allowed the® domicil# in Ms territory* Keither Hhaikh Jsbir
nor the Shaikh of fub^ir, thsugli they both look taken## on
this powerful and untrustworthy tribe, will consent to assist
Ibn 3a*ud in hi# avowed attempt to e*t#r«lnai# tbem and. his
attitude has resulted in a cooling down of th# friendly feelings
which to # certain extent still subsisted between hi as# If and.
Kuweit* -orcover both Subair and Kuwait recognise that while
ibn Sa’ud will not succeed destroying th® whole V^smn tribe,
he will probably ciMve the®, if he has his way, into the
ares of , Aj«t»i and ibn .teshid*
Sh#n answering Ibn Sa*ud in various •wnectienslcertain
instructions fro® Oovernment tr# awaited he!ore Jin a# ud
is addressed) C* f* Q# will endeavoiir to induce Bln S#*ud to
adopt a more reasonable attitude in this connection#
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Part 5 concerns Britain's relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], and, to a lesser extent, Britain's relations with the Grand Sherif [Sharif] of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī]. It includes the following:
- a copy of a treaty between the British government and Bin Saud, dated 26 December 1915, plus a copy of the ratified treaty, dated 18 July 1918;
- reports of an agreement between Bin Saud and Bin Rashid [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd];
- details of munitions that are to be given by the British to Bin Saud;
- translated copies of correspondence between the High Commissioner, Cairo, and the Grand Sherif of Mecca;
- discussion as to whether the British should press Bin Saud to take specific action to assist both the British and the recently deposed Grand Sherif of Mecca;
- details of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox's meetings with Bin Saud.
The principal correspondents are the following:
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox (as both 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. and Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force D);
- Bin Saud;
- Viceroy of India [Charles Hardinge, succeeded by Frederic John Napier Thesiger];
- Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain];
- High Commissioner, Cairo (Sir Arthur Henry McMahon);
- Grand Sherif of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī];
- Foreign Office;
- Secretary to the 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. 's Political Department (Arthur Hirtzel).
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- File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud'
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- 213r:331v, 333r:362v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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