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BRITISH PATRONAGE OF THE HOUSE OF SAUD. While the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community does not necessarily agree with this contempt shown by Muslim organisations against Hazrat. Imam Sheikh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al Wahaab, one cannot overlook the. Saudi dynasty's close association with the British to the extent that it placed its Wahabbia army at the disposal of the British 144 and its royal bodyguards acted as escort for British agents 145 travelling to and fro, planning destruction of Muslim states hostile to British interest in the. Middle East, particularly, the great Ottoman Empire of the Turks. . Infact the British Government employed the House of Saud in its campaign against the Turks and Ibn Rashid. And, in consideration of the Saudi assistance, it signed an agreement with the Saudi king: under which Ibn Saud was to receive a monthly subsidy of £5000 together with four machine guns and 3000 rifles with an ample supply of ammunition on the understanding that he would maintain a force of 4000 men continually in the field against Ibn Rashid, and attack his capital. 146. BRITISH HOLD OVER THE HOUSE OF SAUD. Whether the critics of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community care to admit it or not, the fact remains that the British Government exercised considerable control over the House of Saud's policies. It dictated its terms to the Bedouins turned aristocrats in the Treaty of Darin signed on. December 26, 1915 according to terms of which the British recognised. Ibn Saud as an independent ruler of 'Nejd, El Hasa, Katif, Jubail and their dependencies but reserved the right to determine these dependencies. 147. Moreover, while the British recognised Ibn Saud as an independent ruler and his sons and descendants after him, they insisted that the successor to the Saudi throne should not be a person antagonistic to the 144. Philby, H. STJ. B: Arabian Days: pg 154 146. Philby, H. St. John: Saudi Arabia: pg 274 147. Graves, Phillip: The Life of Sir Percy Cox: pg 198 145. Ibid: pg 155 76