ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٥] (٣٠٨/٢٥)

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Translation of a letter from Chief Political Officer,
to .Amir Abdul-Aziz A1 Faisal Al-iiaood, dated Basrah,October
18th 1916•
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Except for my letter of the 09th August, 1915, asking
you to co-operate in the matter of the purchase of oamele,
it is A coneiierabl© time since I have been able to write
to /our Kxcellancy on the otrier hand sine© mj last lengthy
coB^mmication, I have received several welcome letters from
yourself. In them you have touched on a number of subjects
with most of wiich I can deal more conveniently in separate
oonumi cations •
X propose to confine this particular letter to the
most important subject which you have di©cussed; viz, the
rising of the Jharif Husain and his operations against the
Turks in Hijaz* lou have written on this subject in your
letters of the 18th Ramazan * 30th July, 15th oh&wwal *
15th jfcguet and 4 th Dhi 1-qadah fK Heptembar • In the first
letter you tm V*** *• of y° ur ^®^p.latlon a with ths
Sharif, cnl told me eh&t you feared his designs might be
now, that ^ 14 to say you anticipated that he might have
some intention of Interfering in Majd as h® had done before,
fluid you ashed me to communicate your vieve and fears* to
II. £ f s irovemment. In your second letter you wrote to say that
you had received letters from the Hharif, asking you to
unite ynuroolf with him and to render him assistance, and
you continued that pending your learning the views of fee
British Govern-©nt, you had replied to the Sharif that if
he was sincere in his intentions towards you, he should
first give you a solemn undertalcing to abstain in future
fro© all intrusion within your /limits and among your tribes*
You wrote that you would communicate again with me, Then you
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received his reply*
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