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File 2182/1913 Pt 5 'Arabia Nejd: Policy Bin Saud' [366r] (307/308)
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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submitting it; to Government for ratification, I find that in spite of the care
w < ? 1 Y e boti \ to check the Arabic, one clerical error has been made
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The omission has occurred in Article 4.
is as follows^—^ aS Wr0ngly worded in the signed document above mentioned,
Bin Sand hereby undertakes that he will absolutely not cede, sell, mort
gage, lease, or otherwise dispose of the above territories or any part of them
or grant concessions within those to any Foreign Power, without the consent
0t ^ ^ overil ment; and that he will follow her advice unreservedlv
provided tha^ it be not damaging to his own interests
This Article as accepted by Your Honour before our meeting and as worded
m our final draft was as follows :—
Bin Saud hereby undertakes that he will absolutely not cede, sell,
mortgage lease, or otherwise^ dispose of the above territories or any part of
them, or grant concessions within those territories to any Foreign Power or
lo the subjects of any Foreign Fower without the consent of the British
Government, and that he will follow their advice unreservedly provided that
it be not damaging to his own interests
From this you will see that the words (i or to the subjects of any Foreign
Power were omitted by mistake of the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
in the document signed by us.
I have duly written them in the text of the original document which I am
submitting to Government, and Government will consider it in this form; so
that if the same mistake occurs in the copy with you, I trust you will add the
words above quoted.
I shall send you shortly the perfect version with an English translation,
as you asked me.
I confidently hope that from the conclusion of this Treaty with the British
Government your affairs will be blessed with increased prosperity and good
fortune.
Before closing let me offer you my best thanks for your friendly welcome
and assure you again of my friendship and my sympathy for the promotion
of your interests.
Hated 19th Safar=27th December 1915.
S 0 . P. I, Delhi -No. 90 ? P. D.— 19 - 1 - 16-6
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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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