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File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference [‎37r] (73/200)

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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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time *nd he also told the lrani> Jordanian envoys ihst the Najada
undertake to accept a plebiscite in the *adi Sirh^n provided that
hie Majesty hing Husain agrees to a Eimilar plebiscite ior huraa
and *uraba. It was arranged that one further meeting would be
held on the 27th oi Mrirch to pass today’e proceedings and that
the Conference would then adjourn sine die to await news Irom
cith-r *rans Jordan!a,Baghdad or Riyadh. It is evident th^t the
whole crux of the question between Irans Jord&nia and Iraq turns
on the tadi Sirhan and the &ttdi Sirh n alone.
b. 1 would conclude the account of the proceedings of
the 26th karch with a note that it is remarkable th t neither
party showed the slightest enthusiasm ior a buffer state under
Kuri ash Ch&’alan. I have already dwtlt ?ibove on the attitude oi
the ‘i’rans-Jordanian envoys. The bajd envoys in their turn poured
u scorn on the proposal but based it rather on the personality of
the proposed ruler. They declare that he was utterly unreliable,
offered allegiance to each party in turn Hajd, Trans Jordania.the
French in Cyria and Baghdad and repudiated that allegiance whenever
it was Inconvenient in hit own interest. s o result oi .v,, ; i-
proceedings,i have come to the conclusion that,even ii it it
possible to form a cuffor state of any kind, it will not do to
leave hurl ash Sha’alan in charge. I am of course not suflioiently
acquainted with local pdlitics in that part of the world to put
forward any alternative proposal fox tht constitution of a cuifer
mate and I do not think that there is much hope of useful
guidance from the pl*nipot«nti*ri*s in the present, state oi aifairs
if matter*: oomc to a plebiscite, presumably the people oJ the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
as Sirhaa will have to sta^e whether they prefer
( 1 ) The Sultan of H jd
(2) The Amir Abdulla
(3) A division between the two competitors n med above
4 ', a buffer state whose independence both parties a^rc* to
respect•
a corollary to prop.al four preeumally a comtiunt

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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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