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 [و‎‎١‎٥‎٨] (٥٦٠/٣١٥)

Telegram (P).
From
Political, Kuwait
Highcoma, Baghdad
137-S.
To
Bated 14th September 1922
No
Following, is the gist of a letter dated 10th Muharrcua from Ibn
lou Know all that I have done to fall in with your wishes in
trying to establish good relations with the Bi^az, yet my
attempts have proved futile. Although the Najd pilgrims numbered
over 4000 they caused no trouble at mt^kkah. I enclose a copy of
a letter to King Husain which I sent by the hand of the Amir al-
Hajj and a copy of his reply. You will see that the tone of the
latter is discourteous and slighting, but what surprises me most
are the terms which he demands in the appendix:viz that I
return Ibn Rashid’s family to Hail and restore their amirate.
Secondly that I give up certain villages in the District of
^asim. Thirdly that I relinquish my sovereignty over certain
tribes in his favour*
King Husain collected the Najdis in Makkah and read the letter.
Be then addressed them and said that he was ready to abdicate
in my favour if I would loin with him in helping to expel the
Europeans from Arabia and stop being a partisan of the British
and a tool in their hands for the intimidation of ’Iraq and the
weakening of the Arabs by sett ing one against another, witness
^awish’s raid on the Muntafik which was at their instigation.
He talked a lot about Palestine and made it out to be a Jewish
state and said that Muslims were being expelled to make room for
Jews which again was due to the British.
Jnen t»ne Hajd pilgrims left Makkah gold to the value of over
£50GC. was taken from them on the ground that the export of gold
was Illegal although they had taken It with them from here. Ends
Ba'ud to your address. Begins