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'File 61/6 vol.4 (D 34) Bin Saud and Akwan Movement' [152r] (303/565)
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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that ths Grovermnant had nover supported or even countenanoed
Bin Saud's hostile actions against the Hejaz, but, on the con
trary, they had often "blamed Bin Saud for the various Akhwan
attacks on thefrentier of the Hejaz, and also taken him to task
on more than one oooasion, notably when the Akhwan threatened
TAIP, after taking TARRABAH. I added that he knew as well as
I did iThat the British Government had. done and were doing muoh
more to help King Hussein than they had to Bin Saud, and the
mission was the latest proof of British goodwill towards King
Hussein and, to a lesser extent, towards Bin Saud#
9. Amir then spoke a little about how he lost TARABAH,
his force was small though well-equipped, and the vast super
iority in numbers aided by a mere chance, a foolish mistake on
his own part in allowing the Badu messenger of Bin Saud, who /
was a brother of our guide, Sagar-al-Atawi, to come right into
his camp, and then letting him return to the Akhwan, gave them
the day# He said the Akhwan losses were unprecedentally great,
for they were mown down by hundredo as they came blindly on
under his machine-guns. He took pains to describe how he and
his staff officers held up to the last moment when he was
simply dragged away by 3hakir, and put on a mare, while friend
and foe were mixed up, fighting indiscriminately and falling
around his tent #
10• A few complimentary words were put in by me and
Parhan consoled him by relating the Arab proverb 'Al-Harb
Sajal*, which purports to say that fortune often varies in waV
11• Turning to his original topic. Amir Abdullah said
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that Bin Saud s gains were ill-gotten, and^such, they were sure
to be lost again, one day or artother«His success and pride were
due only to his cunning propaganda, to which he gave the names
"Din^ (religion) and T 'Tadaiyun w (religious awakening)• It was
only an intrigue, a sham. What if he had got up some material
power, his position was morally weak. He had sold himself to
others, and was no longer even an independent chief, but ruled
under British suzoraM^y. They had had doubts about Bin Saud's
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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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