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File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference [‎20r] (39/200)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (99 folios). It was created in 22 Mar 1924-16 Aug 1925. It was written in English. 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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Telegram (P),
Knox, Kuwait, •
To Colonial Office; repeated to Bagiidad, Jerusalem and
Bufthire,
No 1C2.
Dated -3rd April l€21 e
night the Shaikh of Kuwait gave me the first definite
and detailed account of the raid from, desert sources, Hilal
Mutairi, a wealt’oy and influectial oearl merchant of Kuwait,
half a Bedouin hiiaself and with great influence among.a't the
*uitair trib^sm^n, who was at Jahrah. watching for ^Ajman
activity, f. ent in a Jvlutairi relative who was with Faisal ad-
Da wish during the raid „ According to hi* statement the Ikhwm
force was extremely strong and wpuld have wined, oat the * Iraq,
tribesmen in tlie neighbourhood bat for mi emanate: :ient,,Th©
advanced guard, on strong horses, pressed forward and out
stripped their own weaker companions and completely lost
touch with the ^ain body, ^/hen they arrived at their object!^
it was late in the day and their horses w r ere tired out,. Their
victims ikit up a defence against which the Ikhwan horses
suffered severely and the result was that almost all the
sheep anu camels were withdrawn in safety ts far ar, the
were concerned. Twenty-eig^it ? Iraq tribesmen were killed and
six Ikwhp including three who were men of note. The Ikwan
camped on the a pot/all next day and the following morning
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sight of three aeroplanes, hid in fear and eventually withdrew
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to safety. They sent in messangern to Ibn 3 dud with a report
of the engagement and asked for orders as to whether they shoiicL
go on to Jauf. I asked Shaikh Ahmad what he thought Ibn Sa i ud
or the Ikhwan imagined they fea?. gained by wild adventures like
inis. He replied ^Fame and to convince the Bedouin that Ibn
Sa^d is not played out".
The Thans-Jordanian envoys, have now applied to me for
permission to leave Kuwait on the grounds of the raid on *Irae
and the further Najd concentrations which constitute a dariger
to Kuwait,

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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. Includes the following:

  • resumption of Conference in absence of Iraqi delegates following Ikhwan raid;
  • breakdown and end of Conference;
  • copy of text of Najdi `Green Book' on Kuwait Conference consisting mainly of extracts from the proceedings of the conference and copies of official correspondence.

Included in the volume is an index to the proceedings (folio 99). 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; 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. , Bahrain.

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1 volume (99 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 first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-99; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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