ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٨‎٠] (٣٠٨/١٣٥)

fallowing of Thn whom thoy oont to ^on, hoping
t'mt by reason of tboir aotlvit.iies on your .«n^ t^oir
proadrsity t<> you they »l?^t fill you -ifb ^no oppre^^lon
so tliot you oil;fit mcG 0 pt hlB ammyvtiM* mi* thmU-zn to Oeil,
rororsa of this happened ansi Ibn I'iaslritl bcessno of n© ir^out: -cj
in ycmr Judgment, os I told yem before* And it in plain that
Tour honour yetirsolf fully ap^reeiat^N'i the triiria^ty of hi •
followng and of Mb personality for you haw roeordea t\.• ■■■■■ in
ww letter*
With refer©!*©# to Alty IM I© *1, X sont #n’
am Turldl cttid F#isa3 iM ■ a##qm r©o f
ami arar since you raid 1 parted ©t Katlf up to lai now they have
bom Investing fall and interrupt Ing its 'mitanhUtth *. (Supply
cenriifiieutlone)» tliore in but a onal l number of desert Arabs in
Had It but tit# fact that we wore not able to farce an entrance
into the town In due, firstly, to the reason that the terrain
between Kasim and Uadi is barren ground where there is no
vegetation for camels to eat 9 (and you Imm mil that nothing
can be done by Arabs wj thotit their camel©)? and secondly,
because the town is fortified and it wa» not possibl© to
fe ©nccessful ar»rmilt in the ebsmee of effective ireapon|te* ” e
hmt only our original guns v#iieh, as T have told you, are only
light one®| and mreever, wo hod not erough on-nmiticm to enable
u® to enter into fmlonwd fighting with ibn ftesbid and into
war with the Turk® generally.
(11) I beg to inform you that you bar# fulfilled my demand®
ami sent me what was necessary • '©« have done what was required
and l *m ZlumU'ul and obliged to Your 'zotmur*
(ill) I bog to acfenowletlg# alec? the receipt of the letter of
Ills excellency the Viceroy and wbm very glad to receive It.
<iv) X confirm what I told you ro:yirding the export of fy>odfj
to bestil© cmintriea and note that you have natle energetic
arrangements in that con:'action* As I said before, the system
you have estoblifted la- no doubt vary good*
(v) I note also that you hove deopatchcd the Treaty to