'File 61/15 II (D 44) Kuwait Conference'
IOR/R/15/1/595
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The record is made up of 1 volume (326 folios). It was created in 26 Jan 1924-24 May 1926. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the adjournment, second phase, and collapse of the Kuwait Conference. The correspondence is between the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the Political Agencies at Kuwait and Bahrain, the High Commissioners in Baghdad and Jerusalem, the Colonial Office in London, the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Jeddah, the Government of India, Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, ruler of Kuwait, Ibn Sa'ud, Sultan of Najd, King Faisal of Iraq, and Amir Abdullah of Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan .
The main aim of the conference was to settle issues of border delineation between Najd, Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan , the Hejaz, and Iraq. Other issues of negotiation were the return of Shammar refugees to Najd from Iraq and compensation for past raids. Much of the correspondence deals with this. The discussion focuses around the status of places that there is most disagreement on: Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sirhan (Jauf [Jawf], Kaf [Kāf]), Akaba [al-‘Aqaba], Maan [Ma‘ān], and the Hejaz frontier (Khurma, Turbah, Khaybar). Other more practical issues are discussed, such as travel arrangements and the identity of attendees, including Ibn Sa‘ud's decision not to send one of his son's as delegate which led to King Hussein withdrawing his own representative.
Other subjects covered by the volume are:
- a large raid by the Ikhwan on Iraqi shepherd tribes that effectively ended the conference;
- the presentation by the British of a silver plate to Sheikh Ahmed to thank him for his hospitality;
- the official Najd government publication of a 'green book' on the conference.
Notable within the volume are Stuart Knox's notes and minutes on the numerous sittings of the conference: folios 1D-37, 57-90, 120-29, 252-63, 265-71, 274-80.
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- 1 volume (326 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the sequence starts on the title page and ends on the last folio. The numbering is written in pencil, circled, and found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. There are the following irregularities: 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D; 165A and 165B. There is a second, incomplete sequence the runs between folios 165-319. It is also written in pencil but is not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/R/15/1/595
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- A Series: 61/15 II Confidential Series: D 44
- Date(s)
- 26 Jan 1924-24 May 1926 (CE, Gregorian)
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- KuwaitTransjordanKāfMaanAl JawfAl 'AqabaIraqHejaz
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- Ikhwan, military and religious brotherhoodBritish Legation to Saudi ArabiaColonial OfficeHigh Commissioner, IraqFayṣal I, King of IraqShaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ, Hakim of KuwaitʿAbdullāh I, King of JordanStuart George KnoxShammar (Tribe)
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