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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [234r] (43/308)
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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IThfe Document is the Property ol His Britannic Majesty’s Government,
and should be returned to the Foreign Office when done with unless
required ior official use.]
£3/
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EGYPT . 4‘
(236884/16) c ^
Cypher Telegram to The
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)
foreign Office^ ilovember 25th*. 1316,
I\ O »* 2h i
Your telegrams Hose 938^ 9oO and 970 to Cairo ti
You should instruct Colonel Wilson to convey tne
following message personally to the Sher^f n±mself,
over the telephone, as a direct message from His Majes
ty 1 s Gov e rnment *
(R) •• "^is I 'la 33 sty ’ s Gov e r nme nt hav e 1 0 ar nt w iuh gr 0 a u
regret that the 3 great Arab chiefs, the Sheikhs ol
Mohammerah and Koweit, and Ibn, Baud have reason to reel
aggrieved at the reception of their advances by the
Sherifr His Majesty's Government are convinced tha^
such an incident is entirely contrary to the wishes and
intentions of the Sherif himself, and that it is no
doubt due to an oversight on the part 01 his sucordin-
ates, but they must observe that in view of the Voiy
satisfactory attitude of the 3 Sheikhs in question the
Sherif’s own interests, no less than courtesy towards
His Majesty’s Government, require him to meet the advan*
ces of The King's Allies with civility and even with
cordiality. His Majesty’s Government are using all
their influence to secure the cordial co-operauicn of
an Arabs with the Sherif, but their efforts will be of
no avail if the Sherif himself repels those whom his
Majesty’s Government have attracted to his suppoit s
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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'
- Pages
- 213r:331v, 333r:362v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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