Paper on subjects including: the position of Ibn Rashid as Chief of the central Arabian tribe, Shammar; traditional enmity between Ibn Rashid and Ibn Saud; observations on Ibn Saud "in astuteness...unequalled in the Arabian peninsula"; loyalty against Turkey; information about their followers and Ibn Saud being followed by the Ikhwan "the fanatical puritans of the Islamic creed"; prediction that the best outcome would be a balance of power between Ibn Rashid and Ibn Saud; and Ibn Saud's request for an increased subsidy of £100,000 supported by Sir Percy Cox [High Commissioner in Mesopotamia, later Iraq].Typescript paper with manuscript additions by [Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Deputy Under Secretary, India Office].