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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [242r] (59/308)
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From Sir P. Cox, Koweit, 21st November 191G.
(Addressed Foreign ; repeated Secretary of State for India ;
High Commissioner, Cairo ; Basra.)
T. 58. Bin Sand arrived at Koweit in H.M.S. “ Juno ” yesterday evening
much pleased and impressed with voyage and with H.M. Ship. This evening,
20th No vemb er,
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
took place at Sheikh’s residence at which Sheikhs
of Koweit and Mohammerah and Bin Sand were present and about
200 Durbaris, composed of the principal inhabitants and some Bedouin
headmen of Shammar Aslam and Dhafir. After delivery of decoration and
a tew-words from me, three Sheikhs above-mentioned vied with each other
in expressing their enthusiasm for their attachment to Great Britain. Sheikh
of Mohammerah gave the lead with an exceedingly pro-British harangue and
was followed by Bin Sand who gradually warmed to his work and delivered
a most animated speech in which he cited and dwelt upon the iniquities
committed by the Turks against the other Muslims, said that they w r ere
outside the pale of Islam, and went on to impress upon his hearers complete
contrast between our policy and that of the Turks, viz., that whereas Turks
had continually tried to disintegrate Arabs and foment their differences, we
were encouraging them to unite for the common good. He eulogised action
of Sherif and urged obligation of all true Arabs to supply him. Finally, all
three Sheikhs swore to work together with us and for us for the achievement
of common end.
There was much enthusiasm and the scene was a most edifying and
memorable one, news of which will travel far.
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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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