File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [277r] (129/308)
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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aforesaid that if Ibn Subah responds to our advice and
complies with my wishes* so much the more gratifying will
it be to me* and I shall regard them as the best of friends
and fellow-tribesmen* If, however, he rejects my advice,
my messenger has been instructed to refer to your Consul
at Kuwait; and then, if possible, he will proceed to
Basrah to lay the mattery before you. ut in truth I have sai<
more than enough on this subject*
You will understand that did matters concern him
and me alone, we should come to issue in regard to dif-
ftrances of less importance than this; but as your Govern
ment is also interested, I am unwilling that there should
be any differences bet'.-wen us* People, however, in these
days, while they fail to abide by their friendships or to
stick to their friends, do not hesitate to act contrary to
the principles of religion and good sense* But it is certain
that there are matters from which no advantage is to be
gained by interference with them*
Owing, however, to my regard and friendship for
Your Honour, I do not do anything without communicating
with you, and. I will act with circumspection, I depend on
you in this matter and beg for guidance from Cod, and
thence from you* I trust your friendship with me will be
perpetual and hope that I shall receive news of your good
health without any intermission, and trust you will ac
quaint me with the good news of the victories of your
Armies*
May you be preserved etc*
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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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