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 [و‎‎٢‎١‎٠] (٥٦٠/٤١٩)

No. 41-.„
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£he Hon'blo the ^’olitio^l Resident in the Per Alan Gulf,
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Reference ry tele t ;r‘;ii ho. - ■•t-B anted > th October - ^
Shuikh Ahmad is constantly hinting that Xbn Ba'ud’s
^o^er is on the ^»ne, ftnci that lar^e numbers of his tribes if
‘re likely to cross over into •Iraq in the ne r future, thi f
is not the Shaikh*» opinion alone, but is pretty generally
held in the town©
Naif al-Hithlaln, better known as Abu Kilab, of Uie
'‘■hudhair sub-section of the Shamir section of the 'Ajman,ha<
it is true, ^ain seceded from Ihn Ba*Gd, as he did to Shal<
•^alirfi in ^oVfrnber and this titie has gone to tlraq, bu
ht is of no gre- t importance, und on the whole tnere is
little thvt is definite to report*
Bn the other hand there are cu-ny vague ruinours, (end nucJ
loose tnlp of ^h‘ t i» likely to happen. One frequently hears
tra t Faisal ad-D wlah Is now on bah teme with the ~ultan,
jjnu recently feigned sickness and refused to go when b u l0 n&
one .ears too thnt Artawryah is - very different pli*ce from
what It was a year ago, and that the discipline which used u
be so marked there has gone. Whether these stories be true o1
riot, they seem 'o indicate that a feeling of insecurity does
exist in the bo^firt*
The recent fxtion of the B.I. in stopping tu© booking
Of p«»sagen ak to and from Bahrain w: e interpreted
hy Many a» the action of Uls aajeaty'e Governeient *'
pressure to bear on I bn B&’ud , and I onUerp'