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40. Fahad Beg ibn Hadhdhal has also heard from Ibn Sa'ud. The letter
is dated April 29 and was therefore written before the receipt of the High Com
missioner’s communication. It runs as follows:—
From—‘Abdul ‘Aziz ibn ‘Abdul Rahman al Faisal.
To, —Fahad Beg al Hadhdhal.
Dated 20th Sha‘ban, 1339 (29-4-1^21).
A/c. Our affairs are, thanks to God, well. Your letter has reached us.
What you mentioned was known, particularly as regards Al Sa‘ud and Ahmad
ibn rhanayan. ^ ou know that as far as you and we are concerned, there is
nothing to be denied or ctonsidered excessive. Our relation with ‘Anizah is not
hid from you nor is the fact that they are our cousins and subjects. Firstly you
will excuse us on account of those who are standing between us and you These
are the Shammar and Ibn Rashid. Thank God, those of Shammar whom you
behold with your eyes are our subjects and within our reach while the rest ’(?)
we have caused to run away. I am your cousin and of your flesh. The people
as you behold are talking at random and we have arrived at a state where feet
have assumed the position of heads (means a state where nonentities have be
come notabdities, Fahad Beg understood this as a reference to Faisal) This is
a state winch we cannot agree to. Now my cousin Fahad! if you and the
Anizah your cousins, are aware that we are cousins and if you are aware of
my position among you and that honour, both worldly and religious is a 1 mine
mine ^and ^ -d Insider them as
minor r-1 A wJ 5'ou and you will be with me in all matters major and
fr endshir, w r t lTem Th™ / '“a 3,3 ar , e the Bl,glish > 1 wm strengthen your
»S wd 7 • lu Their friend 18 “y friend and their enemy is my enemy
as is stated m the agreement between me and them. You may fulfil your
^u o Toir paXf (ie - the Sh) »y Wa-e attached to
L- f your P art ies. I he engagements between me and you are however as
between man and man and the State (ie., the English) has nothing to do wit"
you arelwMeTcannot e 3 a,.e t e < tl h T dS ° f Si " y littIe fools a P in g Baglish wisdom,
an Arab other' than myself N(! m,? ‘i"'! 81118 and objects should be ruled by
W to entertain suchTn idea the L‘„d Z\t ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية J™ nd]y ’ “ 1
entertain it. 1K an( P eo Pi e °f Najd would not
are my cousins and willing 1 Jo Support 7 me 1 * Tf WS ^ kn ° W whether y 00
Abdullah my representative in RaJuV.u / S °’ decJare y° u r views to
ation from me. Be qmi^the^ttm' 1 ^/^^^!! 111 ^ 1011 aild Carry back illform '
come to my support, this is what rArni - a / 0U are ni ^ cousins and willing to
is intended to be merely one of outwaiViV f ?T- y ° U ‘ i If ’ however , the matter
outwardly friends while the honour and namT?^^ an(1 i P ° llte phrase ’ we bein g
may be, the good among you ^Ani^h t0 li an0 ? er ’ or wha tever the case
and religious zeal may come' to’ J ho have m them worldly
his shaikh and‘cousin. Do not think von ^ ^^rstanding that I am
strengthen myself by adding your wealth 1 u had ’ that 111 saym S this I wish to
no purpose save that my boweN are moved W ^ t0 T ie; n °’. by God 1 have
over your sanctuaries and your families m i t l6 peo P le of Najd should sweep
had never been, as has happened to otPe ’y, 011 sb °nld vanish as though you
all from Tor ibn Mur‘ai to Jauf al ‘Tim/ 8 ' aS f ° r me God llas given me
fi n y f e( S le are like brothers and theTr IntoH f ? m the Hijaz to the sea and
loyalty to God. And by God thole of thoi^fN 0 me is onl y to their
or more th 80 o( th > Sh^ haye risen to-day, they are 80
Jabal and by God it is they who are to hf ? h ‘- d “d from the Ullages of the
A^bn ‘A,! in the dariiah Us^f^ ^^“^0^
Do not consider this mv renPr u .
and vo° U Wil1 - See tllat is a11 true It^vilf ^ 0r SS a P unishm ent (threat) to
and your cousins prove to be worthy of - e as ?ood tidi ngs to you if you
to you if „„ the other hand yon ,T a l ? ln “ y “ plnion °f you; and it is a warning
contrary to what I think. An urgent renh k eXpeetation °f people who think
afhril? “f ‘AniSh stolk d Falad B° bZedmte
days later to disefss theTiatteT with^tlu^T f^f ^Baghda^ two
“sal and the High Commissioner. It