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'File 22/23 II Kuwait Conference 1924' [87r] (173/544)
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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prepare a lull and reasoned statement showing why it was impossibly
lor them to accept the position of the other side and of course
it would oe necessary lor them to undertake to regard the decision
of Hie Majesty’s Government on tue points in dispute as conclusive
and binding on both parties. After these remar s he allowed the
question to be put.
ihe -Nejd delegates replied that they regretted they
were bound by their instructions which precluded them from
agreeing to anything or signing any documents, unless refugee
tribesmen could be returned to ^in Sa’ud on his demand. r -iheir
ruler had insisted on this in the clearest and unmistakable terms
and they could not undertake the responsibility,in this matter,of
swerving one line from their instructions.
-he Iraq envoy remarked that he was fully aware of
tne difficult position in which the Hejd delegates stood;that
the private relations between himself and the Nejd envoys were of
the most cordial and that hu fully realised the nature ofthe
instructions giver, to them and the impossibility for them of any
departure therefrom. He therefore suggested an adjournment of
the Conference for atleast a month to enable the Hejd delegates
to explain fully to their principal ohe impossibility of Iraq
agreeing to the return of refugee tribesmen; to explain further
that Colonial Secretary was inclined to support the Iraq view and
had himself suggested a possible solution of the difficulty which
might satisfy His Highness the Sultan and persuade him to modify
his instructions to the Nejd fielegates. The matjier would require
very considerable explanation and was bound to take time inspite
of the fact that Hie Highness the Sultan was at Hassa; that ht
had no doubt that,if the two principals were to meet, the matter
could be settled by discussion between them and possibly a way
might be found to settle the matter in this fashion.
The N^jd delegates agreed with all that Iraq had
just said. They thought tnat to propose a meeting between the
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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