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'22/23 I Kuwait Conference 1923' [81r] (161/501)
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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lelefcrair P
From
Colonial Cfiice.
o Resident, Bushire.
epeated to Baghdad Ko.007, and Jerusalem K0.329
I ated 8 th/received 9th Buvemoer 1923.
It appears doubtful whether Hedjaz repreaent-
-ative can attend the Kuwait Conference owing to the
shortness of notice, but King Hussein is being urged to
despatch one on the ground that he is more likely to
secure a satisfactory frontier at the general discussion
where concessions (?) elsewhere may induce Bin Haud to
take a reasonable line.
is communicated for your guidance and should be adhered
to subject to comment to Baghdad or Jerusalem, which
should be repeated to me. It should be kept strictly
secret. The frontier of Trans-Jorda&ia being the front-
-ier of the mandated area of Palestine is the direct
concern of H.M.Government. They are prepared to exclude
the whole of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sarhan from Kaf inclusive, and to
allow Hedjaz to extend Korthward along the railway as far
as Madawwara, provided that rans-Jordania has access to
the Gulf of Akaba, that Nejd does not encroach upon the
Hedjaz railway, and that* Khurma and araba are included
in Hedjaz. hey would accordingly see no objection to
the frontier being drawn from the intersection of meridia
39 with parallel 32 to the intersection of meridian 37
with parallel 31?. lienee along meridian 37 to parallel
31. hence to the intersection of the meridian 38 with
parallel 30. hence along meridian 38 to parallel 29
degrees 35 or point due West of Nefud ealient. Thence
crossing the Hedjaz railway in the neighbourhood of
Mudawvara to point on the Gulf South of Akaba. For
practical purposes the line as ultimately delimited will
he following general policy of H.M.Government
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- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- IOR/R/15/5/69
- Title
- '22/23 I Kuwait Conference 1923'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:65v, 70r:235r, 235ar:235av, 236r:249v, 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