ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٧‎٥] (٣٠٨/١٢٥)

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Ih the name o€ Gro4“»4he Merciful
From Abdul Aziz ibu Abdur Rahman al Faisal
To j£he Chief Political Officer
dated the 15th of August, 1916.
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After Compliments /, If! V
I despatched a letter to four Honour recently; Inshallah
you duly received it and it found you in the best of health.
It is some little time since I received any letter from Your
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Honour communicating to me the good news of your victories
over the evil doers. I am always waiting for your good news
in that connection.
After writing my peevious letter to you, I -received
from the Gherif of Mecca letters conveying the good nows of
his occupation of Mecca with the assistance of your guns.
He asked me to render him assistance and to unite myself with
him. I have written back saying that as regards assistance I
will not fail to render it to the utmost of my power. As to
union with him I have remarked that I have no designs on has
country, i.e. the Hedjaz and its surroundings : whereas, on
the other hand, he, in the past, has been in the habit of
interfering with my tribes and my territory’, allrging that
this has been done at the instance of the Turks and that it
was tbejr who wore prompting him to do so. I contended that if
he meant to be sincere and desired to be united with me and
that we should work hand in hand, he should give me an under
taking and a solemn promise for the immunity of my territories
and my subjects, and for abstention from trespassing in our
limits, or from interference with our subjects. If his reply
is in the affirmative and he acts loyally, no effort on my
part will, please God, be spared to help him to the best of
my ability.
2 My motive in replying as above is not due to any
desire on my part to ally myself with him, for you are aware