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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [216r] (7/308)
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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From Chief Political Officer, Basra, 12th December 1916.
(Addressed
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
, Khartoum, for favour of onward transmission; repeated
Foreign, High Commissioner, and Secretary of State for India.)
^6776. Following is purport of message handed to
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.
,
Koweit, for transmission by telegraph to Shereef of Mecca in reply to us
message of congratulation on Koweit meeting :
“ We tender our profoundest respects to Your Highness and intimate
that we have read the fatherly and affectionate message conveyed to your
sincere admirers through representatives of C^eat Bntain at Cano and
congratulating us on results of our meeting at Koweit with Abdul Aziz bm
Saud. The desire of our meeting was to promote welfare of Arab nation
and of Islam and to strengthen ties which bind us to Your Highness and to
honoured British Government, and we hope that union thus formed will
continue with happy results. It behoves us to act together sincerely foi
furtherance of this sacred purpose. All who have zeal for Arab nation wil
no doubt rejoice and follow our lead and example; those who do not will
never again be brought into right way. You say you would have sent a
representative had you known of our meeting previously, and had God so
willed it we should have been overjoyed thereat. In any event we lema
Your Holiness’s devoted adherents, and we pray God to advance all your
praiseworthy endeavours. May we gain your favours, and may you ever live
happy and gloriously.”
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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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