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 [و‎‎١‎٧‎٠] (٥٦٠/٣٣٩)

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TranelatIon of a letter , dated the iati, >.uharram__134j- (5th S e p te mber
1 ^ 22 ). from Ibn ija'ud to ri.E. the Hi^h Commlaaloner for ’Irua,
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^fter coiqpliments.
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram through the
Political Agent, Kuwait, in which you convey to me your relief atfte
termination of the HaJJ and the appreciation of the Secretary of
State for the Colonies,for which I am very grateful. I have already
told you all that is necessary about this question.
I am very much surprised at what you say about Jauf, as X had
not considered it a question in which His Majesty's Government
would be interested, seeing that it has no connections to call for
reference or discussion, but has always been entirely separate from
the -^rab Governments and also from the Turkish Government and the
territories under her sway. In point of fact Jauf is a district
which in the past unquestionably belonged to my ancestors, the A1
ba'ud, for many years; then, when their power waned, the Rashid
amirs of Hail took possession of it, and it remained under their
effective control until I occupied Hail. When I was besieging Hail
I instructed Ibn Sha'lan to proceed to Jauf and protect the neigh
bourhood. After I had occupied Hail Ibn Sha’lan came to me and drew
up a written agreement with me, which I can show you whenever you
like, in which he stated that he and the Ruwalah under him were my
subjects, and definitely acknowledged that the district of Jauf was
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legally mine, as it was my ancestors before me. I appointed him
governor of- the place on certain conditions which were laid down In
the agreement, namely that he would not enter into politic^,! rela
tions with any Arab or other Eastern, Government. When, however, I
saw that he was not abiding by this agreement, but was entering
into political relations with Western Powers and Arab Governments,
I sent a letter to Sultan ash-Sha'lan ordering him to leave forth
with, and instructed one of my followers, 'Assaf al-ilansur,* to
proceed there with a hundred men and take over governorship. The
latter entered Jauf with the acclamations of the people and was
officially welcomed by the deposed governor, and letters from Sultan
ash-Sha'lan, written after he had handed over to 'Assaf ) show that he
fjiult® satisfied There way no fighting of any sort. 1 do riot