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'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924' [82r] (163/544)
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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COLv N .1. Ki^CX’B I. SSIOiK ABOUT THE TENTH CONFERENCE
K' LL AT 9;oO a.m.ON TH' 1 18TH JANUARY.
Hrteent: Sabih Beg, nvoy of Iraq accompanied by Abdullah al
«iUBXir and Secretary. •
■t J refetni aleo Hejd delegation headed by Saiyfd Humzah.
-embero ; Abdullah Bi mluji
* ^odullah ;.ziz ^u&aibi
• and Saiyid Ua&him ( Secretary).
President and Secretary of the Confer nee alec present.
Uie President opened the proceedings by informing
‘■iu ..eju delegates that iraq had ceased to insist on the condition
that any agreement come to here depends on a lasting agreement
between Hejd sad Hedjas. Xhe hejd delegates noted the fact, .he
President then proceeded to take up the Iraq points.
iht lirst point was left over until Nejd put forth
its claim*,
as regards the 2nd point the draft agreement between
hejd and Iraq to prevent the tribes from raiding was read over and
slight alterations, reached in discussion, principally in the
direction ol baghdad ielegiam Ho. 4 dated 3.1.24 para 2 -wa*. agreed
to. It was arranged that by next meeting of the Conference an
agreement in due form between Sejd and Iraq delegations should be
presented to the Conference, after definite approval by signing
at a subsequent meeting.
ftith regard to pcinte J and 4, they were merged in an
agreement covering the brd,4th and Sth pointe and the matter of
appointment of an Iraq .gent in Riyadh should be held over for
the present.
Bo agreement v/at lound pcsfeible in regard to the 5th
point as Sabih Beg, the Iraq envoy, declared ihet he could onlv
accept a bare agreement that both rulers should undertake not to
raise armed forces within the other’s territories. The Nejd
delegation pressed for a definition of the term "to raise armed
V'
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/R/15/5/70
- Title
- 'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:187v, 192r:271v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence