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'File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement' [41r] (81/565)
The record is made up of 1 volume (285 folios). It was created in 13 Sep 1920-8 Nov 1921. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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(Despatched "by P # 0. A.i2iarsLh 6/10)
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From Sir P.Cox, High Comni98loner at Amarah,
To S, of S # for India, London, repeated to Foreign Simla,
No. B/104
Dated 6th October 1920 # '
Relations with Sherif,
.Reference to my observation that further support and
financial assistance from H.M*s Govt, would be conditional on his
refraining from any aggressive action or policy in regard to the
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Sherif. Ibn Saud asserted that he had no aggressive or ambitious
either against the Sherif or Syria or Mesopotamia, As regards the
Sherif it was clear from the reports received from his deputation
that the preliminaries of a settlement had been affected and that
the Sherif was now desirous of making peace. He, Ibn Saud, was also
ready in principle and the more so because H.M's Govt, desired it
but he thought it necessary to utter the caveat that he doubted
whether peace be^.veen them would really be in the interests of His
Majesty's Govt # and asked to explain he replied that the Sherif was
talking now-a-days undisguisedly against Great Britain whom he
accused of having let him down and failed to fulfil their solumn
undertakings to him and his sons. That being the case the assumption
was that Sherif's present desire to bury the hatchet was pro'mpted
by the hope of getting Ibn Saud to combine with him in pursuit of
an anti-British policy. In view of this possibility he thought it
essential that H.M.Govt. should be a party to any treaty concluded
between them as is warranted by the terms of our own X xkb. treaty with
Sluncfct Ibn Saud for were the latter to enter into any independent
treaty with Sherif it would be difficult for him to keep us fully
informed of its working without being accused by Sherif of betraying
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his confidence.
I n conclusion he said that on return of his deputation
he would immediately inform me of nature of Sherif'a proposals secret
or otherwise and obtain the advice of H.M's Govt, before replying.
Referring to the occupation of Ebha he gave the
impression and I think sincerely that he did not attach much import-
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and notes relating to Ibn Sa'ud and the affairs of Najd. The correspondence is mostly between: Harold Dickson, 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. in Bahrain; Percy Cox, the High Commissioner in Baghdad; Ibn Sa'ud; King Hussein of the Hijaz; the Government of India, in Simla and Calcutta; 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. , in London; the Foreign Office, in London; Arthur Trevor, 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. in Bushire; and Siddiq Hassan, the Indian assistant in Bahrain.
Most of the volume relates to the territorial and political disputes between Ibn Sa'ud and King Hussein, with particular coverage of the mission to Mecca to conclude an agreement between Ibn Sa'ud and King Hussein, carried out by Ahmad bin Abdullah al-Thanaiyan, and Siddiq Hassan and Farhan al Rahmah, the Sa'udi and British representatives respectively.
Notable is the diary of Siddiq Hassan (ff 103-116v) written during his mission to Mecca, and his notes on the numerous meetings he had with King Hussein and the talks between the latter and Thanaiyan. Included as appendices to these notes are the following: a draft, in Arabic, of the eventual agreement signed by the two parties; a letter, in Arabic, from Hassan bin 'Ali ibn 'Aayidh, Chief of 'Assir, to King Hussein; another letter in Arabic from King Hussein to Siddiq Hassan; and an English translation of the finalised agreement. Also present is a report of the journey by Farhan al-Rahmah (ff. 116v-121v).
Other topics covered by the volume are as follows:
- the continued fighting and negotiations between Ibn Sa'ud and the Ikhwan on the one side and the al-Rashid (Shammar) on the other;
- the ongoing border dispute between Ibn Sa'ud and Kuwait;
- developments in 'Asir and the 'Idrisi movement;
- Ibn Sa'ud's British subsidy;
- revolt in Iraq and Syria, and the spread of Arab Nationalism;
- relations between Ibn Sa'ud and other tribal groups, and his growing influence in the region.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (285 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is largely arranged in chronological order. There is an alphabetical subject index to the contents, at the front of the volume (folios 2, 3). The index entries refer to the original folio numbers of relevant documents, to help identify and locate them within the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Numbers are written in pencil, in the top right corner, on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering is irregular, begins on the first folio at the front of the volume and is as follows: 1A-E, 2-78, 99-121, 162-165, 166A, 166B, 167-172, 173A, 173B, 174-177, 178A, 178B, 179-181, 183-198, 199, 199A-199Z, 199A1-199Q1, 200-237, 239-293. There are no folios numbered 182 or 238. Fold-out folios: 199A1, 199F1.
Condition: the spine cover is detached from the volume and enclosed in a plastic sleeve numbered folio 372, at the back of the volume. The plastic sleeve may cause some loss of sharpness to the digital image of the spine cover.
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- 'File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement'
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