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Presently I have received a communication from the Imam
ADdul Aziz In Cypher. It runs as follows.
It Is known to your honour that I as you know of the
lovers and friends and I desire r approach erne nt with the Pre
cious Britannic Government and after (when) we went to Kuwait
after your departure came out to us there the Consul at Kuwait
with a letter purporting that it had come to him from the
Precious Government to the effect that they ordered him to
inf,Tin Bin Sand that there was no (cause of) interference for
them in the questions Between us and the Turks and that Bin
Saud should himself deal with his affairs. At that time there
came Talib and with him a deputation and there came about
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between us and him agreements - in name and without reality
it removed the evil and there .arri&ed peace for the time being.
And now we are as you know/ neither N* the frlendsAp^ the
Precious Imperial Government nor*»#-the .foolpaps of the Turks
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to the last degree to the last day of the world. And now
your honour has arrived and I am seen oy the Truks with
great hatred and enmity and there has come to us orders from
them in these days that we should collect our forces and en
camp between Kuwait and Zubair and orders have gone to Ibn
Rashid and they have given him arms and provisions and many
other helps in order that it be not hidden from you cither
friendship with him and he is marching in to the regions of
Syria but thank God he is incapable of anything. But they by
reason of their hatred for us and their love for our adversary
(desire to) raise up the dead. Accordingly we declared war
upon Ibn Rash i/d and there were two reasons for that firstly
to divert Ibn Rashid from helping them and secondly that by
this there will be an excuse to us from ooeying their orders.
They send to me and do not cease from sending to me that
there should be peace between us and Ibn Rashid and ask me
for help to them and I give excuses. Xccordlngly 1 i 0 — Ria(ih
for the regions of Kasim in order to expedite the matter and
to complete my excuse. When we received the news of your
setting out from the Consul of the Persian Gulf I desired to
let