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'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary' [182r] (365/468)
The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 1 Nov 1920-24 Feb 1923. 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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Secret .
Office of the High Commissioner
Baghdad 19th May 1921.
No.SD//^/^'
To,
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.
Memorandum .
Your telegram Ho. 73/C dated 27. 4. 21.
The High Commissioner has had under careful consideration
the question of the settlement of the boundary dispute between
Kuwait and Ibn Saud, and a copy of his despatch dated 4th May
1921 to the address of Ibn Saud was forwarded to you under
cover of my Secret endorsement dated May 10th Ho. SD/1165
Your telegram suggests that an endeavour should now be
made to reach a decision on all outstanding boundary questions
to the view that the time is hardly ripe for a complete and
permanent settlement.
The local situation it is true^is at present tranquil but
it is still fluid, and it remains to be seen how far Ibn Saud
may make good in the area enclosed between the red and the
green lines.
His successoB^ai failure in this direction must affect tjae
desiderata of the Mesopotamian State and till these are known
progress has been made. As regards the area enclosed in the
n/i/i
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as they affect Kuwait. His Excellency however is disposed
discussion would be inopportune. Nevertheless considerable
Red circle we are definitely committed: any Shaikh of Kowait
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- Content
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports, and notes for the period from November 1920 to February 1923 relating to the Kuwait/Najd boundary.
The main topics discussed include:
- The attack on Jahra by the Ikhwan
- Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1920
- Ikhwan raids
- Kuwait Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921
- Death of Shaikh Salim, 1921
- Boundary settlement
The volume includes an index (folio 232) which lists topics including: air reconnaissance; boundary, Kuwait-Iraq; Chasib mission; Council for Kuwait; letters with Ibn Sa'ud; trade with Najd.
The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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; 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 (James Carmichael More); the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Baghdad (Arnold Talbot Wilson).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (231 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 233; 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 2-232; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/5/100
- Title
- 'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 14r:49r, 49r:49v, 49v:232v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence