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sti^upto“ USe 0f ; hiS former and that both he and the
future he must <'ci the She 'f t * g ran t were sanctioned, he should tell him that in
proposed a v^t fo fV , 1 eu SU - P ? ly S " Ch tUnds out of his o "’ 11 g ra “t. Abdulla had
Juncture such a -l 5 ^ a® a g reed with Sir H- McMahon that at the present
^irB McMnh UIldes 1 lrable . «ad cold water was thrown on the proposal
a brigade and thVwh} d ? 0 S etder Wlt - h the disappointment caused by the refusal of
present request the aer 0 P lanes > as additional reasons for granting the
Proclaimed King of the Arabs.
rNos S 945 H 94 ^ 7 h Q« te!e foI’ro d l ° n - the 31 St ° Ctober and the lst November
the Ulema the SI ’ A T" a 55 J m a0COT dance with the public wish and that of
proclim^d the f, t? i r ado P ted the st y le of King of the Arab nation, and had
The e p -m ? ^‘ e f ° rei g' u Ministers of the Allied and of all neutral Powers,
he coronation will take place on the 4th or 5 th of this month. Till Moslems are
His°slTh d d “T g th6 CaIi P ha te the Sherif will be recognised as religious head,
s son Abdulla has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.
.4 consequence of the notification to the Persian Foreign ‘ Office, Sir C. Marling
telegraphed [No. 697] for instructions, and has been requested [No. 474 ] to adopt a
non-committal attitude pending further instructions.
Visit of a French Warship to Jeddah.
• ^ re . nc ^ Admiralty telegraphed to the Admiralty on the 23rd October
saymg that, in response to a request made to the Arabian political mission by the
bhern s son Abdulla for permission to visit a French warship, the French cruiser
-rothuau had been sent from Djibouti! to Jeddah ; she would only remain a few
days at the latter place, and would return to Djiboutil as soon as her mission was
accomplished.
IBN SAUD.
The Viceroy telegraphed on the 31st October that he had received a telegram
from Sir Percy Cox, dated the 29th October, transmitting a telegram which he, Sir
Percy Cox, had received from the 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. at Bahrein to the following effect.
The 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. said that he had received an open letter, addressed to Sir
Percy Cox, from Ibn Sand, who requested that he should'read it and telegraph its
contents. This gist of this letter was: ( 1 ) The Turkish Government had sent
twenty-five officers (German and Turkish) with 300 men, with guns and supplies, to
Ibn Bashid, and with them Bashid Ibn Lyla, the Constantinople agent of Ibn Bashid.
One Turkish and two German officers had left Hail with Bashid in the direction of
Iraq ; ( 2 ) The troops detailed for moving on Mecca had returned to Syria, the Turks in
Medina having abandoned this expedition ; (3) Ibn Sand was very anxious to have an
interview with Sir P. Cox. The latter added that he was just leaving for Bahrein,
and suggested that if the Army Commander had no objection it would be well for him
to see Ibn Sand, who, if he did not do so, would misinterpret his having been so near
at hand and not having complied with his request. The Viceroy thought that this
meeting should clear the air.
MASKAT.
[Nil.]
KOWEYT AND THE TBUCIAL COAST.
[Nil.]
BAHBEIN.
[Nik]