ملف [٤/١٠] العلاقات البريطانية مع بن سعود: لقب سلطان نجد؛ استسلام حائل؛ دفع الإعانات المالية البريطانية؛ عمليات هجوم الإخوان على الحدود العراقية والكويت؛ إنشاء جواز سفر نجد [و‎‎٨] (٥٦٠/١٥)

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Ho.490. dated 23/8/21
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To Hla Highness Shaikh Sir ’Abdul 'Aziz bln 'Abdur Rahman al-
Falsal as-Sa'ud, Q.C,l.I. y Sultan of Najd A Dependencies.
A.C.
I have the honour to inform Your Highness that I have
received a telegram from His Excellency Sir Percy Cox the
High Commissioner in Mesopotamia, in which he instructs me
to Inform Your Highness as follows
Firstly, it has been a source of great interest and
pleasure to him to learn that your subjects have called upon
you to assume the title of Sultan of Najd and its Dependencies
He communicated the news to His Majesty’s Government forthwith
and is Instructed in reply to intimate their readiness to
recognise your assumption of this title, and to convey their
hearty congratulations and wishes for your long life and
prosperity as Sultan of Najd. To their congratulations and
good wishes he begs to add his own. A communique is being
published in the local papers on the above subject.
Secondly. Your Highness 1 letters of 13th Shauwal, which
were so delayed in transit, have at length beached him, and-
are a source of great satisfaction to him, and will be to His
Majesty's Government, and he conveys his warmest thanks to you
He is writing more fully and replying regarding other subjects
by Dr. Mann, who will leave as soon as the letters are ready.
Thirdly. Your Highness will be Interested to know that
Amir Faisal has been chosen King by an overwhelming majority
of 96 per cent and that his accession will take place in a
few days.
In conclusion I too have the honour to offer my congratu^
lations on your assumption of the title of Sultan®
U. E.
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