ملف رقم ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٥، "منطقة نجد بالجزيرة العربية: سياسة ابن سعود" [و‎‎٢‎٨‎٦] (٣٠٨/١٤٧)

11 © im no doubt exi\$;rprntmg mt^era* vjmt h$ vant& is
to obtain mip-rtort from you or elm>. tfmt you should nxort F^ir-
©elves Witts liin in attaining tills T tsavo in-
famed you s® ttmt In tf?e ovont of ymtr with mo y*m
may cotmnicnto to tho ln*t Britain 'Sovermmfit Imvo
In amijf my vioww itnuli «yn& t : ■' >? vo® to tts«u ’ If
howo*-’or,ymi <Io not tMvk a& X do never mindf X do not very
cai*e if the hatif doos obtain Ms indtrmnclaneo in Xhl'* way*
But the rani point in that the Turkish •tovornTOnt hi^
wit!' asrnmition, arms and fioney, and lie was load ini: ther to -^pe
that he wmtM do ,gre«*t things for tfcer in f!yria? htii when ho
** هذه التواريخ تقريبية 0 % ail t-o wonted from them he rose and doclava* hi* n|tj
his motive hoing theretw to pnt the '"isrlcs in dirf >■ enltiea 'Mi'-
tli© nritiols dmotomebt md m obtain from thorn Isi.s indopein^mon,
$Raranteev! by the Oereim Sevemmcsni*
And what your Friend deduces from the facts is Ihnt the
Sharif is not now in any danger from the Turka * Xhe dharif’a
positiaB. denenda upon tile people of the Bedja*, that is on the
Bodmtin® • If they mfpfmrt hdm# he will net he in any danger fro?
the Tunica* but If they ahendon him and slcle ^ th the Tttfhs, titer
th© uositlaw of the hharif in the nedjaa will he worth nothing
Wliat f appro!.?.eiKt is that if the Tttr&o see timt the Britlats svo
helniny the filsarif, t^ey will .^ant him Ills independeneo nt osi.ee
and rewain at rest in refjerd to him, hut will, turn their attonf lei
to htn oyatn ho.roaftnr* My adviee is that you atsmild help th®
Btierif hist enly to a partial omtant § *?c? that the l ttrks may ®> * Hi
may
elseriah hopes of emMiing him and ho a I so/r one in in tear of the
furlm* Thus the Turks will he greatly embarrassed in the ^odja®.
and this will he an assistance to your himlness in trati and also-
wficro. In short, as far as 1 can mo 9 the protraction of the
hostilities he tween the Khar If •**& the Turks Is a s*ost esaodj.eiat
tmrm for you. Ky hope is that you will take these ,rer?arha
into dellher■te cons1deration#
mat you sea in my opinions deservin'* of annrmnxl do as
you