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'22/23 I Kuwait Conference 1923' [9r] (17/501)
The record is made up of 1 volume (250 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 1923-16 Jan 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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Telegrcvm
R •
Ptoil
To
Repeated
High Conanisdion#! 1 , Bagxidad .
Colonies . London, No. Q^C
Jenusalem , No. 853*" s •
Dated 4th December I92g .
Reference your 624 dated 3 ^^ October 1922 .
Map referred to in following is Asia one
over one niliion 19/8 •
Subject to subsequent adjustment of details
in accordance with natural features , Sultan accepts arbit
rary line from Tebuk to junction of latitude 3^/^ witn
longitude 38/£3, but expresses complete inability to ag***
that
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sirhan should be -bisected as you suggest and
jurisdiction divided between two states . He contended
that
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is indivisible from all practical points of view*
in the first place inhabitants look to Jauf and spond part
of the year there, secondly the salt deposits at Jail Geraya
are the chie* .source of livlihood for the whole
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, and
to deprive them of these is to fcill Jaf. He claims that m
he only refrained from occupying kaf and Geroy effectively
owing to our remonstrances and he respectfully protests at
their occupation by Trans-Jordan!a which was only rendered
possible by his abstention. He asks toat frontier may
run from junction of latitude 3 C with longitude 38 along
western edge of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sirhan until it outs
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
HI Ghadaf
approximately in latitude 31/30 by longituie 36 / 50 ,
thence ncdrth-eastwaids , line would pass below Megalla and
along line of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Rajil and R o on until it reaches latit
ude 32 near longitude near longitude 37/35 from which point
it follows 32 until it cuts longitude 39 where boundary
joins Iraq frontier. provided that he ha* and Geraya
1 opine that Sultan would have no strong objection to
northern boundary running close.*, to them e»g* ti±rough
Rashraahiyeh airi along
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Radami. He undertakes n ot to
fortify Kaf or Geraya and not to keep any force there
except handful of police to niaintainX local order.
High Commisaloner .
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the 1923 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 discussion in the volume relates to the following:
- a proposal to hold Conference at Kuwait to settle the Najd-Transjordania and Najd-Hijaz boundaries. Correspondence discusses costs and practical arrangements and arrival of delegations from Iraq, Transjordania and Nejd and uncertainty over arrival of delegates from Hidjaz;
- preliminary negotiations and letter of credentials from Abdullah bin al-Hussain, Ruler of Transjordania, for Ali Khulqi Bey; letter of credentials from Faisal, Ruler of Iraq for Sabih Bey Nasrat; letter of credentials from Ibn Saud for Saiyid Hamzah; discussion of the implications of the Mohammerah Iraq-Najd Convention;
- conference negotiations - correspondence discusses points put forward by the various delegations, including blood-money, raiding and losses, raids by the Ikhwan, and the collection of zakah;
- summaries of the sessions of the conference and arbitration;
- a draft agreement (ff 227-228) on raiding;
- a list of raids (ff 247-248);
- an index to topics discussed in the conference (folio 249).
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 (250 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 250; 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. A fold-out is present on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 235 and has been labelled with an ‘a’. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-248, and ff 122-237; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- '22/23 I Kuwait Conference 1923'
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- front, front-i, 2r:65v, 70r:235r, 235ar:235av, 236r:249v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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