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File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference [24r] (47/200)
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 t-P)
From. Knox, Kuwait*
To Colonial Clfice; repeated to Bagdad,
Ko. XQ#,
Cated ‘itK April A9ii4. 0
Jeruealeni X.
Bushlre „
Croverni'ient will, X trust, feel asM-ired tuat It was with
the keenest personal regret and acute Cnnciousness of fail
ure that I sent my telegram No AOB,, Since then I have
a,
heard from two independent soui^ces that Ihn Sa*ud has
written to Sheikh Ahmad of Kuwait asivin^ for a 1 an °f
/
Rs.'?5,CCC/-* I have not heard this from the Shaikh him
self but no doubt shall do so if I chalenge him* This
seeras to be most significant and shows that Ibn Sa'ud is
strcLi tfr.
in very great iAMfl4P£>
His Majesty’s Grovernment r
Provided it suits the policy of
I consider it important to save
i
him rather than to destroy him*
I accord'ngly propose the following course that in my
oo in ion nay possibly save the situation, and t:ic*t is to
<3U r x ,
arrange for a visit to Riyadh by and allow :.ie to ^Ivo
the Sultan his choice between peace and war* I think I
could do this in twelve days from the receipt of your
x
approval 0 I would offer him a purely desert boundary.
Tier a bah. _ _ _
giving up Khxnnah, %*m*xt*» Khaibfir, Talnah and Jauf,and
retaining the present Najd "* ’ir&h frontier , Hail and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dawasir* Subject to the above the frontier to be
delineated by His Majesty’s Government and accepted by
the Sultan on a c eneral>y understanding of hal^ distances
between oases* As & set-off to this, and in order tr keep
his tribcscioi K frota starving , a sub&tdy of about
Rb„ 1,00,000/- per annum, or not more than £1,501 per
month, on the cheapest terms I can get* That is to say
enough, to placate his Bedouin but not enough to enable
him to organize expeditions* Complete Internal independence
within his modified frontiers and complete dependence on
His Majesty’*n Government in all foreign matters.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (99 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/5/71
- Title
- File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 17v:73v, 78r:84v, 99r:99v, 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