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 [و‎‎١‎٤‎٣] (٥٦٠/٢٨٥)

No. 10632.
The Res
Baghdad, the
To ^
His Highness
Sir Imam Ahdul ’Azis Ihn Ahdul Rahman
al Faisal al Sa*ud, G.C.I.E.,
Sultan of Najd and its Dependencies.
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I have received your two letters dated 14 Dhul Qu'dah
regarding (1) the Reuters report of a treaty "between you
and the French, and ( 2 ) the question of your representative
at Damascus.
As to the Reuter’s report, he sure that your friend
never attached the smallest credence to it, and in proof of
this I did not even ask you for a denial hut caused the
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report to he contradicted forthwith. I am non the less grati
fied however hy your emphatic repudiation of this calumny and
hy your renewed assurances of friendship to the British
Government and of respect for the covenants between us. I
have telegraphed the purport of your letter to my Government
and to His Majesty’s representative at Cairo,.
With regard to the appointment of an agent to repre-»
sent your interests at Damascus, I fully agree that you
should discuss the matter with the Agaili merchants from
Syria before finally selecting a man for the post, and that
in the meantime His Majesty’s Consul at Damascus should accord
his good offices to your subjects in Syria. I am telegraphing
to His Majesty’s Consul accordingly. I shall he glad to
receive particulars of the man whom you eventually select as
your representative so that I can recommend him to my Govt.
In the mean time however I learn from His Majesty’s
Consul Damascus that Mohammad al ’Asaimi continues to pose
as your representative there and that your subjects continue
to apply to him for assistance. You have seen for yourself