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'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924' [‎76r] (151/544)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (270 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1924-23 Mar 1924. 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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obtain from wbih g wai Uiat would put tbit view before Hi*
Oorernmuni by telegram* It was in vy lele^ram Ko .62 dated t? *.
2 let oi beconber lt 2 b th? \. 1 liret euggeeted that tac evidence
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of i ir PiiToy Cox ae to whether it wa«> agreed, at the Ojair
f onfer ncc, ”to let oygonec be ty^onet" would perhaps settle the
dispute.
the 28tii of December Cr<.blh Beg, the Iraq anroy,
r urned to concult hie prinoip 1 and on the 3rd of **anu ry tht
• ! * h Commietioni r - aghdad in nis telegram Ho.4 ceded the point
that 1 had pressed for and g>ve the resur^nce that the Covernraent
of Ir q would ^ bide by the promise of Sir I’ercy C©i; t if such
promise was made,and arrange for th restoraion ot plunder
t ksn sfter the dati of tii© Ujsir Coaler noe f and hat claims
prior to that Conference would be c ncelled. At th j.^th
Conform nee on the 16 th of January, it was explained in op n
Conference that Iraq had agreed U^ge 3 ot appendix 2 ) to abide
oy the promise of Sir i'ircy Cox, if he Imd undert k^n that all
lunder before the Jjair agreement should b>. for ot ten. If fir
i'ercy Cox declared that he had given tuoh an undert £in*:, the
Iraq Government would respect it and would agreti to withdraw
their claim. Il no , all plunder t Juan after the acctttion of
hie Majesty - ing laisal would be brought into accctmt cstweon the
parties. Sot tfee i OOt protest MO raised by tho H*
delogttes at this Stvge oi the proceedin s. Kgr was anything
said of the i.ind at the 11 th confer nee meeting. *he first
inkling that 1 received of the new attitude t^ken up by the t-jd
deleg tion reached me on the morning of the 24t of January whtn,
after we had recorded In the st stament, prepared to acoompnny my
iirst letter to his highness the fultan of Hejd ( Appendix 7}
i nd referred to in the opening paragr ph of that letter as
st foment >•, tho measure ol agreement reached, I came to consider
the written stat mant prepared uy the ^ejd deleg tes ai my requet t
on the vital point oi which Uuy h d boon unable to secure
cc«-ptancb by tht delegation from Iraq, they had ingeniously
contrived ,o put in writing wruit prtt tm bly they had not the A

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the 1923-24 Kuwait Conference to arbitrate the 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 and Najd-Hijaz boundaries. The main topics discussed include the following:

  • the Kuwait Conference: adjournment, 1924;
  • further negotiations.

The discussion in the volume relates to the minutes of the sessions (3rd to 12th) and the exhortations of the President of the conference, Stuart George Knox, to the delegates not to take hardened negotiating positions. Topics discussed in the correspondence also include: Ibn Sa'ud's health, flags and badges and raising of armed forces. An index to the volume is given in folio 269.

The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Secretary of State for Colonies, London; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Stuart George Knox; the High Commissioner, Baghdad; the High Commissioner, Jerusalem; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait; Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain.

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1 volume (270 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 272; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-269, and ff 163-261; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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