Treaty of Darin / Cox subsidy (1915)
eventNations & Geopolitics
In 1915 Britain quietly put the future Saudi state on its payroll with cash and weapons.
Who they are
The Treaty of Darin, a 1915 agreement signed by Ibn Saud and British official Sir Percy Cox.
What they do
The engine treats it as documented proof of an early money link between Britain and the Saudis.
How it works
Signed at Darin on Tarut Island on 26 December 1915, it made the Najd/Hasa region a British protectorate, giving Ibn Saud British weapons and a 5,000-pound monthly subsidy (increased in 1917).
Why it matters
It matters as real WWI-era financial continuity, but the engine stresses this is 20th-century geopolitics, not the 18th-century religious origin of Wahhabism, and is a separate event from the later adviser Philby.
The engine's record — word for word
Signed at Darin (Tarut Island) 26 Dec 1915 by Ibn Saud and Sir Percy Cox; made Najd/Hasa a British protectorate, with British arms and a GBP 5,000/month subsidy (supplemented Jan 1917). DOCUMENTED WWI-era British-Saudi financial flow -- material continuity that survives the null -- but it dates to 20th-century geopolitics, NOT the 18th-century theological origin of Wahhabism. Distinct actor/moment from St John Philby (see philby_advisor): Cox's 1915 subsidy predates Philby's 1917 arrival; do not conflate. [Report #173]
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