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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [325v] (226/308)
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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explanation except what we may ask for, when necessary, such as arms,
ammunition, &c.
I deem this sufficient as I have occupied much of your honour’s time.
I beg to offer you my great veneration and respect.
I hi signed.
Dated 25 Safar, 1334.
1st January 1916.
15.—“ Verbal ” Message.
(Written unsigned.)
1 . It is unworthy of the greatness of Great Britain to think that we
believe false rumours; we know her justice, &c. ike., to her people.
2 . You did well in allowing M. Sherif El Faruki to remain in Egypt;
do not let him leave Egypt yet.
3. Money arrived.
4. Have written to the Yemen Zaidis to leave Lahej alone ; also to
Somali Mulla.
5. Not one camel of ours is going ; some, have been taken from the
Kosseim and Ibn Sand’s district; Sherif might have stopped Ibn Saud, but
did not, being informed that he was friend of the British. Will stop him
if desired.
6 . 1 have warned Senussi through Idris, but he changed his mind;
disapprove of his action and will squeeze his
Wakil
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in Mecca.
16.—Private from Sherif Abdalla to Mr. Storrs.
My dear and beloved Mr. Storrs,
My father sends you his best greetings and I verily confirm the bonds
of my love and old friendship towards you and assure you that I am, indeed,
exerting my zeal here as much as possible, as you are doing the same there.
(Signed) A. H.
Undated.
17.—Communication from Sir 11. McMahon to the Grand Sherif.
The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
,
(After customary greetings.) Cairo.
YV e have received with great pleasure and satisfaction your letter of
the 25th Safar ( 1 st January) at the hands of your trusty messenger, who
has also transmitted to us your verbal messages.
We fully realize and entirely appreciate the motives which guide you
in this important question and we know well that you are acting entirely
in the interests of the Arab peoples and with no thought hevond their
welfare.
W e take note of your remarks concerning the vilayet of Baghdad and
will take the question into careful consideration when the enemy has been
defeated and the time for peaceful settlements arrives.
As regards the Northern parts we note with satisfaction your desire to
avoid anything which might possibly injure the alliance of Great Britain
and 4ranee. It is, as you know, our fixed determination that nothing shall
be peinutted to interfere in the slightest degree with our united prosecution
of this wai to a victorious conclusion. Moreover, when the victory has
been won, the friendship of Great Britain and France will become yet
more firm and enduring, cemented by the blood of Englishmen and
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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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- 213r:331v, 333r:362v
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