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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [352r] (279/308)
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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G opl* idont iv'l •
Ho. 3i:
Froin
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The Deputy Secret£.ry to the Government of Indin
in the foreign nnd Political Department,
To
The rlon’hle Lieut: Colonel Sir I. Con,
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ZX.I.Z
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.
, Basrah.
Dated Delhi, the 10th Ilarch 1916.
Sir,
7 /ith reference to the correspondence ending vith
your telegram Ho. S52 B•, dated the Srst January 1916, c-n
directed to inform you that tho treaty recently concluded
oy you with Bin Sand, Euler of ITojd, has been approved by
H i s I.Ia o e st y * b Gove mment.
2 ' With a view to final ratification I am to forv ard
herewith, the tent of the original Treaty as signed by
yourself and Bin Sand in original, together with three
copies of the English translation on parchment, and to
requost that you will kindly have the original Arabic tent
reproduced in the blanu margin Ox the parchment copies,
which should then be signed by yourself and Bin Saud end
returned to this Department for the signature Ox Lis
Excellency the Viceroy. A copy of the Treaty as ratified
will be forwarded for record in your office, and a copj will
also be sent for tho information of Bin Saud.
I am to take this opportunity to convey to you an
xprossion of tho appreciation of Lis Majesty’s Government
f the skilful manner in which you have conducted these
treaty negotiations with tho Euler ox x.eju
reived on 13 APR j91 ti with J I have, etc,,
INDIA FOREIGN - ^CRETARY’S
Lettep. No. 22 M
^Ditsd
(Sd,) K#V* Biscoe,
Deputy Secretary to trie Gov - • ox
Captain,
India.
17 MAR 1916
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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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