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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [336r] (247/308)
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Relations between Ibn Sa'ud and th e 'Aimi
and the recent history of the latter.
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'ijM* towards Ibn Sa'ud, with
whon they were fornerly on good terns,appears to date from
the expulsion of the Turks from the Hasa and the extension
of Ibn Sa'ud's authority over that province,which is the
headquarters of the 'AinTan tribe. Ibn Sa’u'd stopped then
fronts taking the black nail which they used to exact^ m
the tine c£ the Turks on those who passed through their
country, and he also attempted to put a poll tax upon them.
Ibn Sa'ud expM ned in 1915 that their revolt against him
was due to the fact that they were pro-Turk and that Ibn
Rashid had bribed them with Turkish money, but Shaikh
Mubarak of Kuwait was of opinion that there was no evidence
to support either of these statements. The 'Ajman found
allies in a rebellious section of Ibn Sa’ud’s own house,
the 'Araif whose entity with the Hakim of Najd was an old
family matter. In 1914 a half-hearted attempt was made to
settle it through Shaikh 'Isa ibn Ali of Bahrain, but
negotiations were broken off by the ’Araif who said that Sh
Shaikh 'Tsa was favouring Ibn Sa'ud.
In June 1915 it was repo- ted from Bahrain that Ibn
Sa'ud had arrived in t he Hasa and was collecting men to
fight the 'Ajman. He was pressed for money and had
borrowed fron Shaikh Isa*
In a letter to the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Bhhrain dated
July 8, Ibn Sa'ud complained that Ilandan ibn Zaid al
Kbalifah, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi w«S* harbouring and Helping
the ’Araif ( who intedded to join the 'Ajman against him.
He said that his friendship with us was the reason for
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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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- 213r:331v, 333r:362v
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