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 [و‎‎١‎٦‎٤] (٥٦٠/٣٢٧)

Refecence your telegraa No. 884 of 22nd August. Following ic the
gist of reply from Ibn ha'ud, dated 5th September. Begins
I am surprised at what you say about. Jauf as i had not consider© d
it a question which would Interest His Majesty's Government in
view of the fact that it has never had had any connection with the
’I'urkiah Government or with Arab Governments. Formerly it was for
years part of ay ancestors' dominions; t hen, when their power
waned, it passed to Ibn Rashid, in whose hands it remained until I
took Hail. During the siege I told Ibn Sha'lan to occupy It, and
when Hall fell he acknowledged In writing that he & his followers,
the Ruwalah, were my subjects, and that Jauf was legally odm mine.
I appointed him governor on condition that he would enter into no
political relations with anyArab GovernmenL. When I saw, however,
that he was not abiding by this agreement, but was entering Into
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politics witH Western Powers and Arab Governments, I ordered him
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to leave and sent 'Aaaf al-Mansur to relieve him. 'Asaf was wel
comed by the Inhabitants and was given an official reception bythe
deposed governor and there was no fighting of any son.. The people
of Jauf are all Najdis, and their religion and customs are the
same.
I regret the attack near Aaraq as I have always told my subjects to
respect the place and its Inhabitants.
Regarding TransJordania. Had communication between us been easier
I would have told you my grievances against the tribes living
between it and me, even though I did not think it of any Importance
to you, as Ibn Rashid used to collect zakat from this piece of
desert and they are all my subjects as has been acknowledged In
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writing by ’Audah Abu Tayah, Shaikh of the Huwait&t, and others.
Still, I do not believe any of my subjects would go to the villages
in question without provocation. I learn from Hail that recently
there have been several raids by the Banl Sakhr and Huwaltat
a^lnat the Shaamar, ’Anlaah, Hutalm and Harb In the neighbourhood
of the