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Ko. 131H B, dated Basrah, the 26th June (received 5th July) 1915 (Confidential).
ji rom The Hon'ble Lietjtenant-Coi.onel Sir P. Z. Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Poli*
tieal Resident in the Persian Gulf,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department.
t.. o£ my telegram No. 1802 B, dated 24th June, on the
v,J^nf the Treaty under negotiation with Bin Sand, I haye the honour to
submit the following documents for the scrutiny and orders of the Government
£ T ✓l * . •
(1) Translation of letter from Bin Saud to His Excellency Lord
Hardinge of Penshurst.
(2) Translation of a letter from Bin Sand to Sir P. Cox, giving cover to
signed Treaty.
(3) British version and Bin Sand’s version, side hy side, in Arabic.
(4) British version and Bin Baud’s version, translations in English,
side by side.
(51 My comments on Bin Sand’s modifications.
(6) Translation of my ad interim reply to Bin Saud, dated
June 1915.
Dated the 9th Jamadi II, 1383 (24th April 1915).
Prom—A bdul Aziz bin Abduu Rahman ai-Faisal bin Saud,
To-His Excellency Lobd Hardings or Phnshorst, Viceroy of India.
I beg to offer my (February JlT)Vas recLTbTthe
jation, dated the month of ^i 113*J (!9 ^ cia ll y the sincere
hand of friendship, and we und expressed and the fact that Your
friendship and fair hopes which y°u had expre^e ^ de hom e
Excellency had communicated to the »h to His Imperial
and duty we had expressed, a “ d Emperor of India. I beg to convey
Majesty the King . j , 0 w ish happiness for His Majesty
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and the Government of India cou id not have the pleasure of meeting
I was exceedingly ^ sorry delighted It is not hidden from you
Your Excellency an, )) , T S ^n r f o£ d oul "internal affairs and especially to our
that this was due to the press ^ by the Ibn Rashid on behalt
being engaged in repeiUng the meeting with Your Excellency as a great
of the Turks, f ^^"'tS ourTorts liU be favoured with such a visit
privilege and we tn '" t t ) ). " n firmin- P the sincere friendly relations existing
which is a good means toi o Arabia since ancient times,
between the noble nations of England and Ambia.^^ ^ the
.Your Excellency had explame British^Government and ourselves and
sion of the Treaty between he exalted “S 1U “ estioQS 0 ff.hand and
(observed) that it ls , im P°^ lble ■ int interests that we should conclude a
that you considered ^ best m ^ 3 re]ationg ajld deal;]1 g with certain
preliminary Treaty first cementi g proceed to arrange another
essential matters and that you ^ draft of the preliminary Treaty
detailed Treaty. M e have re Colonel Sir Percy Cox, and on
which was sent to us m the e ar ti c les for urgent reasons necessitated
tef ^nXningth” relations^and confirming the concord and settling such
matters in which differences have existe^ Rashid on behalf of
the Turks aud'thtu actioTL assisting him with abundant arms and materials
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| Received on 4 AUG i915
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
Letter. No. M
| Dated JL JUL1915