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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [312r] (199/308)
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
The ShsllUi of Mohainraer&h,
To
The Sherif of Mecca#
®a ted 27 th Eam»aa 1334 - 29 th July 1916#
To
The possessor of the best attributes and characters, the
great painstaker, the highly esteemed, possessor of
Government and sovereign! ty, our Lord and the Lord of alj.
Amir of holy hecca, the father, the Sharif husalA Pa alia
son of tiie deceased Sharif All Pasim the rexpected}
his grandeur and sovereign!ty endure#
After ccMnpllments to you — compliments appropriate to the signs
of grandeur that have b en raised up for your highness, to the
full moons of success that have sen from your benevolence,
and to the recalling of your brilliant qualifications and jS
brigiit and saored moralities rith ^hich the Public Meeting
Ealls resotmd we beg to eubmit tliat we liave been pleased by the
news that has reached us by telegraph about the success that
God has favoured you with, and about your rising to the
occasion so effectively# V.e pray God to bless with success all
your efforts for the good of people and country# May God
extend to you His -Eternal Help#
It goes without saying that our dear country is proud of
your holy Highness for the great stand you have made in its
cause# -
In view of our loyalty towards your Highness, we hasten to
write this letter expressing our pleasure, offering our con
gratulations and praying God to prolong your life and to enhance
your honour and position#
We offer our best salams to your respected sons#
Dated the 27th Ramsan 1334 * 28th July 1916#
3d/- Khazal al Jabir al lilrdao#
Seal
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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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