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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [284r] (143/308)
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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sido you ar© «on«tmi0tin^ a rniltn?y f fror» Basr^? to
Kaulrlyali# and that you haT»e it will soar? l>e carried to
ee^fmletlon* ^his is p*©4 nolioy and the wmmire will i>e a
mouroo of confort to tlie country»if!e ana to the public# '■
trust it will imm\ ho eowl@te<l#
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ind }tu’>'eit syml field that you were about to cemiinicoto ir?,th
the Political A^onts and mmld Infers no of the no milt# I
do not doubt tlmt you are vmr® onrctul of ny inter^^te than
1 ois riyself *
(.sill) Yen Ijaw sn^eeted that X rmmt tmvo horned of the
opening of the '^elenrenil ^.ffiee at hahreifi ami rencrlreci tlmt
it would he a rmzm® of oulcbo** ooirtuiication oifli no. T <le
not doubt that tbie 1 h a wiee ^aeure and. for ttie foot 1:' ty
of the public# If is e proof of tho ®oad policy of the
Bri t Let nievomrieut towards her subjects and all of tte&ne who
are under ter natronago#
(xiw) Yeur Honour e^ressed doubt no to whether X should not
be inc^nronienood hy reading your 1 . 0 ng letter# Or the
contrary X was #|Xad of it and gained fron? it -uch.
of the tiling ccmnmtod with rse and affairs erut of the .
progress of the War# -hem X receive plenty of TK’wr fres^ yon
X enjoy pence of mind and can eefegiisird t^feelf in regard to
iwiHhrmie interested people ? so ploaee let your letters be
long, as the- era a source of pleasure fti^l utility to no#
(xv) l imn glad to receive the neim regarding the
of Mecca end to receive if: officially from you- You thou#t
j already lusve got flic news, hut In ary case your
cennamlcatlon is the one on rhidh X should depend. I am in ■
truth very tei^i pleased at ntwt has happcprM, firstly, as
it is a knock-out blew for the Tnrlra, and secondly, because
X do mBZwt$&i any iwete or to exist 1
Xnshallah. «ti» want -ill >e piwpitioiis Rlnc for *y
circa t
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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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- Title
- 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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