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File 22/23 III Kuwait Conference [‎83r] (165/200)

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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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D«0« Nc • 1 • o #
0/o H.B.M. Conaul,
S H I H A Z.
V'uh August If ili.
I am sending you herewith * tranelfttion of extracts
from "The llajd Green Book", which Colonel prideaux asked me
to do in his D.C # Ho•141»S of 4th May.
I am sorry I have been such an appalling time over it,
but it oame,juat after I got back from a trip to Basrah,wh^n
I had a lot of arrears to work off, and I had no sooner got
on to it than I got fever, and could not really t Okie it
seriously till I got up here.
Its object is to M prove w that at the Kuwait Conference
in Najd did everything possible to come to an agree
ment with the other Arab States, but that the attitude of the
latter made it absolutely impossible to do so. Ignoring the
fact (as h&jd naturally does) that the Governments of ’Iraq
and even Trans-Jordania are run on more or less modern lines
while that of Najd is merely Ibn Sa’ud’s will # and that con*
sequently real reciprocity was impossible, Najd has a very
strong case, and I think if I had been a Najdi I could have
written it up better.
There is nothing very exciting in the book. It is aostlj
merely extracts from the proceedings of the Conference, copieE
of official correspondence (sometimes with portions omitted),
etc. I have only translated such portions as we have not g>t
Japtain B e Stuart Horner,
Secretary to 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. , 3ushire 0

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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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