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File 2182/1913 Pt 6 'Arabia Relations with Bin Saud' [137r] (282/547)
The record is made up of 1 volume (270 folios). It was created in 3 Dec 1916-30 Dec 1917. It was written in English and French. 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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SECRET.
15th WEEKLY LETTER.
Dated Aden
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, the 8th (received the 18th) May 1917.
From— Major-General J. M. Stewart, C.B.,
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.
at Aden,
To— The Hon’ble Mr. A. H. Grant, C.S.I., C.I.E., Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India in the Foreign.& Political Department, Simla.
Please see paragraph 2 of my Weekly Letter dated 2nd instant. The Abdali
Sultan s confidential agent at Lahej writes that the Turks and Somalis who had gone
to the Fadh country have returned to Lahej and that the news of the British
landing at Shukra came 3 days after their return.
2. The agent refers to the subsidy fixed for the Fadli Sultan by the Turks
which is Rs. 360 per mensem. It has been paid for about a year, the cost being
defrayed out of the revenue derived from a garden belonging to a relation of the
Abdali Sultan. In addition to this, the Fadli's son, Abdulla gets $30 a month.
3. The same agent reports a rumour that the Akrabi Shaikh who is a prisoner
at Lahej will be liberated. I have heard from other sources that he has already
been released, presumably on parole. J
m th® agent says that there is increasing difficulty about money and
the Turks have no grain left; that they are buying the same from the inhabitants
on credit, promising to repay in kind when received from the Yemen : that salaries
are in arrears.
. 5 - Said
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
is said to have received a letter from the Sherif of Mecca urging
him to surrender to him. 6 5
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6. The Abdali’s agent reports that two Turkish ofificers are on their way from
Syria having got through Medina, with £2,000 for the Turks in the Yemen The
Idnsi has also reported a rumour that a large sum of money has been sent from
Nejd via Nejran for the use of the Turks in Asir and the Yemen. I have wired this
to His Britannic Majesty’s High Commissioner, Cairo. It is possible that they
are both referring to the same sum.
7. The Sherif of Behan writes that the Zaidis wrote to the Kadi of Behan to go
and see them but the latter declined to do so. He says that the Turks have offered
a reward to any one who will kill or hand over the Kadi to them and that they
(the lurks) put up a Saiyid to kill the Kadi, but that when he (the Sherif) came to
know of the plot, he at once expelled the Saiyid.
The Sherif expresses satisfaction at the occupation of Baghdad by the British.
8 News gleaned from a messenger sent down by the Sultan of Mokalla shows
that the Sultan is little or no nearer a settlement with the Kathiri. His
Wazir
Minister.
reports they will be perhaps more amenable as they have received a letter from
Ah Saeed
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
saying that he cannot support them with men and arms. The
Sultan has again asked us to endeavour to get the proceeds of certain Kathiri
property m Singapore held up until the Kathiris come to their senses. This is under
consideration.
, S ^ e messen g er reports that the Upper and Lower Aulaki Shaikhs and
the Aulaki of Bir Id are at present in Mokalla for the purpose of entering into
agreements with the Kaiti Sultan to assist each other against the Turks.
!0 A rumour has come in yesterday that Sultan Abdul Kadir has been elected
T adli Sultan by the tribesmen at the fair of Shaikha^Sa’ida. The old Sultan is said
to have been present and to have accepted the situation. He has returned to his
dar m the hills and declines to return Abyan or Shukra until the safety of his
lire is assured. All this requires confirmation.
JSJ7
19 ir
G. M. Press, Simla.—No. C-94 F.D.—21-5-17—1 6—M.D.
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This volume contains part 6 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It concerns British relations with Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. Much of the volume's correspondence discusses whether the British should offer Bin Saud inducements (in the form of money, titles, arms or personnel) to take action against both Shaikh Saud bin Abdul Aziz bin Rashid, Amir of Hail [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd, Emir of Ha'il, also referred to by the British as Bin Rashid and Ibn Rashid] and the Turks. The volume includes the following:
- a copy of an article on Bin Saud by Gertrude Bell;
- copies of translations of correspondence between Bin Saud and Bin Rashid, and a copy of a translation of an agreement between the two men, dated 10 June 1915, in which they agree to respect each other's territories;
- a note entitled 'Relations With Ibn Sa'ud', prepared by the Arab Bureau's Iraq section, which provides a British perspective on Britain's relations with Bin Saud from 1899 onwards;
- copies of reports sent to the 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. in January 1915 from the late Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, regarding his meetings with Bin Saud;
- reports of Harry St John Bridger Philby's meetings with Bin Saud in December 1917, as part of a political mission.
The volume features the following principal correspondents:
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, corresponding both as the 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 as the Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force D;
- 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 (Sir Arthur Hirtzel, succeeded by John Evelyn Shuckburgh);
- Bin Saud;
- High Commissioner, Egypt (Sir Francis Reginald Wingate);
- Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger];
- Foreign Office.
The volume also contains copies of correspondence between the 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. , Aden (Major General James Marshall Stewart) and both Saiyid Mohamed bin Ali bin Idris, the Idrisi [Sayyid Muḥammad bin ‘Alī Āl al-Idrīsi] and Imam Mahomed Yahya bin Hamid-ul-Din [Yaḥyā Muḥammad Ḥamīd al-Dīn].
The part includes a divider that gives the subject and part number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in the part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (270 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2182 (Persia Gulf) consists of 8 volumes: IOR/L/PS/10/384-391. The volumes are divided into 12 parts with part 1 comprising the first volume, part 2 comprising the second volume, part 3 comprising the third volume, parts 4-5 comprising the fourth volume, part 6 comprising the fifth volume, parts 7-8 comprising the sixth volume, parts 9-10 comprising the seventh volume, and parts 11-12 comprising the eighth volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the one leading flyleaf.
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- File 2182/1913 Pt 6 'Arabia Relations with Bin Saud'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:187r, 188r:226v, 228r:268v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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